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Goatsucker   Listen
noun
Goatsucker  n.  (Zool.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.






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Words linked to "Goatsucker" :   Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, nighthawk, Caprimulgus europaeus, Caprimulgidae, mosquito hawk, caprimulgiform bird, family Caprimulgidae, chuck-will's-widow, bullbat, whippoorwill, European goatsucker, nightjar, Caprimulgus carolinensis



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