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English Dictionary: nightjar by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nightjar
n
  1. mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
    Synonym(s): goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid
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[94]l.)
      One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
      {Caprimulgus} and allied genera, esp. the European species
      ({Caprimulgus Europ[91]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}.
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