| 单词 | goatsucker |
| 释义 | goatsucker (once / 70775 pages) n WORD FAMILY goatsucker: goatsuckers USAGE EXAMPLESNearly fifty different species of the singular nocturnal birds commonly known as “Goatsuckers” are found in the Neotropical Region. Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (o...(2012) First referring it to the genus Caprimulgus, its original describer soon saw that it was no true goatsucker. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) My eye wandered from spot to spot, when suddenly I began to think of that great owl-like goatsucker, the 'poor-me-one.' Addams, Jane, Atlantic Classics, Second Series(2011) n mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects Syn|Hypo|Hyper caprimulgid, nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus, European goatsucker, European nightjar Old World goatsucker Caprimulgus carolinensis, chuck-will's-widowlarge whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States Caprimulgus vociferus, whippoorwillAmerican nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage bullbat, mosquito hawk, nighthawkmainly nocturnal North American goatsucker Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, poorwillgoatsucker of western North America caprimulgiform bird long-winged nonpasserine birds |
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