goatsucker

n. 夜鹰

词形变化

goatsuckers 复数 goatsuckers

别名

goat-sucker

释义与例句

n.

1.

Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

nightjar caprimulgid

下位词 6

nighthawk bullbat chuck-will's-widow mosquito hawk poorwill whippoorwill

词源

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

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