Search Result for "caprimulgus_europaeus":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Old World goatsucker;
[syn: European goatsucker, European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

nighthawk \nighthawk\ n. 1. A person who likes to be active late at night; a night owl. Syn: night owl, nightbird. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Zool.) Any of several mainly nocturnal North American goatsuckers, especially Chordeiles minor, or the related European goatsucker Caprimulgus europaeus, also called the nightjar. Syn: bullbat, mosquito hawk. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Caprimulgus europaeus n 1: Old World goatsucker [syn: European goatsucker, European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus]