Definition of goatsucker Goatsucker
goat•suck•er
We found 4 definitions of goatsucker from 4 different sources.
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What does goatsucker mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: goatsuckers |
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| goatsucker - mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | ||
| nightjar, caprimulgid | ||
| caprimulgiform bird long-winged nonpasserine birds | ||
| caprimulgidae, family caprimulgidae goatsuckers | ||
| caprimulgus europaeus, european goatsucker, european nightjar Old World goatsucker | ||
| caprimulgus carolinensis, chuck-will's-widow large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States | ||
| caprimulgus vociferus, whippoorwill American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage | ||
| bullbat, mosquito hawk, nighthawk mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker | ||
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Wiktionary 
- goatsucker (Noun)
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- goatsucker (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- goatsucker, noun, singular of goatsuckers.
