Crossword-Solution: GOATSUCKER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Goatsucker | n. | One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- 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. |
We have 10 clues for the answer “GOATSUCKER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| CAPRIMULGUS europaeus | 1 answer |
| Insect-eating bird such as the whippoorwill | 1 answer |
| whippoorwill | 1 answer |
| BIRD seeking insects on pasture-grounds | 2 answers |
| INSECT-seeking bird on pasture-grounds | 2 answers |
| Nighthawk | 3 answers |
| nightjar | 6 answers |
| Nocturnal bird | 17 answers |
| European bird | 64 answers |
| "Bird" | 138 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The old plural of Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EEN
Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with GOATSUCKER (5)
The evening was calm and still;--the shrill noise of the mountain bizcacha, and the faint cry of a goatsucker, were occasionally to be heard.
Failing to find him on the way home, I shot, besides florikan and guinea-chicks, a wonderful goatsucker, remarkable for the exceeding length of some of its feathers floating out far beyond the rest in both wings.
For him the Bat is a Rat that has grown wings; the Cuckoo is a Sparrow-hawk retired from business; the Slug is a Snail who has lost his shell with the advance of years; the Nightjar (Known also as the Goatsucker, because of the mistaken belief that the bird sucks the milk of Goats, and, in America, as the Whippoorwill.--Translator's Note.), the Chaoucho-grapaou, as he calls her, is an elderly Toad, who, becoming enamoured of milk-food, has grown feathers, so that she may enter the byres and milk the Goats.
The fern owl, or large goatsucker, belongs to the women, and, although a bird of evil omen, creating terror at night by its cry, it is jealously protected by them.
The evening was calm and still;—the shrill noise of the mountain bizcacha, and the faint cry of a goatsucker, were occasionally to be heard.
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Used 1 time in crossword archives (1998).