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Meanings of goatsucker in inglés
portugués
caprimulgidae catalán
escloper Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects.
Synonyms
Examples for "nightjar"
Examples for "nightjar"
1
Now everyone knows the Will's Widow is also called a nightjar.
2
Kelaart's nightjar; swarms on the marshy plains of Neuera-ellia at dusk.
3
Cirrus continued dusting the owlet nightjar, pretending he had not heard.
4
The call of a nightjar woke Alessandra from a troubled dream.
5
The nightjar tapped the pipe again, then dipped down to the pool to drink.
Usage of goatsucker in inglés
1
By night the goatsucker visited it, and the bat, and the white owl gliding down the slope.
2
Tonight for the first time this season I heard the small whippoorwill or goatsucker of the Missouri cry.
3
They were the wail of the goatsucker, the bay of the barking wolf, and the maniac scream of the eagle.
4
A comparison of the beaks of the guacharo and the goatsucker serves to denote how much their habits must differ.
5
The varieties here collected, include the great goatsucker; the goatsuckers of Europe, New Holland, North America, and Africa; and the wedge-tailed goatsucker.
6
The eyes of the bird, which are dazzled by the light of day, are blue, and smaller than those of the goatsucker.
7
The fern-owl, or goatsucker, is one of the most harmless of birds- asortof evening swallow-livingon moths, chafers, and similar night-flying insects.
8
The evening was calm and still;-theshrill noise of the mountain bizcacha, and the faint cry of a goatsucker, were occasionally to be heard.
9
We have not seen the leather-winged bat for some time, nor are there any of the small goatsucker in this part of the Missouri.
10
Numerous species of the goatsucker, well known as the bird of night, inhabit the forests of the Amazon as well as the settled districts.
11
As we return towards the old manor house the nightjar, or goatsucker, is droning loudly, and a nightingale-actuallya nightingale!-issinging in the copse.
12
There are few British birds, perhaps not one-noteven the crafty black and white magpie, or mysterious moth-likegoatsucker, or tropical kingfisher-moreinteresting to watch.
13
Birds of prey and goatsuckers winged their lonely flight in this inaccessible circus.
14
A Goatsucker, not a Song-bird; but it Feeds Exclusively Upon Insects
15
The lamellicornous insects or those phalaenae which serve as food to the goatsuckers.
16
Goatsucker, linnet, stonechat,' said the Rector, fingering them.
About this term
Frequent collocations
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