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goatsucker

(n): mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
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9 months ago reesetee said:

I've yet to see one of these little rascals in real life.

9 months ago trivet said:

I'd forgotten these!

9 months ago reesetee said:

Nickname for birds in the nightjar family, such as the whippoorwill and chuck-will’s-widow. So named because European farmers once believed that the nocturnal birds’ wide mouths could latch onto a goat’s teat and suck its milk during the night.

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