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nightjar n. 欧洲产夜鹰 欧洲产夜鹰 nightjar n 1: mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects [synonym: {goatsucker}, {nightjar}, {caprimulgid}] 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] Nightjar \Night"jar`\, n. A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of {Goatsucker}. [1913 Webster]
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