English-Thai Dictionary
goatsucker
N นก กิน แมลง ตระกูล Caprimulgidae fern-owl nightjar nok-kin-ma-laeng-tra-kun
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GOATSUCKER
GOATSUCKER Goat "suck `er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europæus ); -- 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
goatsucker
goat suck er |ˈgōtˌsəkər ˈɡoʊtˌsəkər | ▶noun another term for nightjar. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: so named because the bird was thought to suck goats' udders.
Oxford Dictionary
goatsucker
goat |suck ¦er |ˈgəʊtsʌkə | ▶noun another term for nightjar. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: so named because the bird was thought to suck goats' udders.
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