goatsucker

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
    — […] ah, that was the woodcock - and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him […]

词形变化

goatsuckers plural goat-sucker alternative

词源

From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats.
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