goatsucker

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goatsucker

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From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats.

noun goatsuckers · goat-sucker

Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. […] ah, that was the woodcock - and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him […]

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noun Caprimulgidae

Русский	козодо́й kozodój

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@misc{goatsucker_2026,
  title = {goatsucker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/goatsucker},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}