"goatsucker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: goatsuckers [plural]
Etymology: From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|goat|sucker}} goat + sucker Head templates: {{en-noun}} goatsucker (plural goatsuckers)
  1. Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. Categories (lifeform): Caprimulgiforms Synonyms: goat-sucker Related terms: chupacabras Translations (Caprimulgidae): keçisağan (Azerbaijani), козодой (kozodoj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), enganyapastors [masculine] (Catalan), kecskefejő (Hungarian), lappantyú (Hungarian), козодо́й (kozodój) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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