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goatsucker

goatsucker noun: any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

Noun

goatsucker (plural goatsuckers)

  1. 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 […]1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 286

goatsucker meaning in Tamil

goatsucker in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

Forms of goatsucker

pluralgoatsuckers
alternative formgoat-sucker

Origin of goatsucker

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

Questions about goatsucker

What does goatsucker mean?
Goatsucker means any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
What is goatsucker in Tamil?
Goatsucker in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Goatsucker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is goatsucker?
Goatsucker is a noun.
What is the plural of goatsucker?
The plural of goatsucker is goatsuckers.

Words near goatsucker in the dictionary

  1. goatskinned
  2. goatskins
  3. goatsona
  4. goatsonas
  5. Goatstones
  6. goatsucker
  7. goatsuckers
  8. goattaur
  9. goatwalking
  10. goatweed
  11. goatweeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goatsucker (page history and authors); goatsucker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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