Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nightjar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nightjar \Night"jar`\, n.
A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of
{Goatsucker}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nightjar
n : mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with
mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on
insects [syn: {goatsucker}, {caprimulgid}]
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