The Nighthawk Chordeiles minoris not a hawk, of course-- it is a "goatsucker" or nightjar, a bird that flies through the night engulfing insects with its great maw like, as Libby says, a whale cruising through plankton. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
Dad getting chased by goatsucker ruined the holidays 7,5. From Wordnik.com. [Cryptic crossword No 25,217] Reference
Actually related to whippoorwills, in the goatsucker family. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
The goatsucker hath sung his song, the shades lower of eventide. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Could this be the legendary “goatsucker”, scourge of livestock?. From Wordnik.com. [Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » 2008: Summer of the Cryptids] Reference
In honor of its first victims, the unseen monster was dubbed chupacabras -- the goatsucker. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodsucker?] Reference
This led us to discuss the Spanish word of parallel construction, chotacabras or goatsucker. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ORNITHONOMY.] Reference
But it's better than trying to say "It's a goatsucker,", which will really get them confused. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
"Chotacabros" is the word for goatsucker the group of insect-eating birds under original discussion. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: ORNITHONOMY.] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Tanis could make out glittering rings, a few unusual coins, a feather from the goatsucker bird, pieces of twine, a bead necklace, a soap doll, and a whistle. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Autumn Twilight]
Ignorance alone has given the goatsucker its name. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
States with the large goatsucker which we observe here. From Wordnik.com. [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference
New Holland, North America, and Africa; and the wedge-tailed goatsucker. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
The varieties here collected, include the great goatsucker; the goatsuckers of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
Tonight for the first time this season I heard the small whippoorwill or goatsucker of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806] Reference
By night the goatsucker visited it, and the bat, and the white owl gliding down the slope. From Wordnik.com. [The Amateur Poacher] Reference
When night reigns over these wilds you will hear this goatsucker lamenting like one in deep distress. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference
They were the wail of the goatsucker, the bay of the barking wolf, and the maniac scream of the eagle. From Wordnik.com. [The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico] Reference
We have not seen that species of goatsucker called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the United. From Wordnik.com. [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference
The eyes of the bird, which are dazzled by the light of day, are blue, and smaller than those of the goatsucker. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
A comparison of the beaks of the guacharo and the goatsucker serves to denote how much their habits must differ. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
There are nine species of the goatsucker in Demerara, a bird with prettily mottled plumage like that of the owl. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference
We have not seen the leather-winged bat for some time, nor are there any of the small goatsucker in this part of the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.] Reference
We have not seen either that species of goatsucker or nighthawk called the whippoorwill, which is commonly confounded in the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference
Numerous species of the goatsucker, well known as the bird of night, inhabit the forests of the Amazon as well as the settled districts. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XII] Reference
The fern-owl, or goatsucker, is one of the most harmless of birds -- a sort of evening swallow -- living on moths, chafers, and similar night-flying insects. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Air] Reference
In some districts where they are common, it is not unusual to see a goatsucker or fern-owl hawk along close to the eaves in the dusk of the evening for moths. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Air] Reference
We also killed a large bat or goatsucker of which there are many in this neighbourhood, resembling in every respect those of the same species in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.] Reference
We also killed a large bull-bat or goatsucker, of which there are many in this neighborhood, resembling in every respect those of the same species in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference
What a waste of the evil goatsucker) replete with terrible acting and trite / boring dialog. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It forms a new genus, very different from the goatsucker, in the loudness of its voice, in the vast strength of its beak (containing. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
She really belongs to the goatsucker family. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
Horsfield's goatsucker is a very vociferous bird. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
European goatsucker. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
"goatsucker". From Wordnik.com. [? about the (sp)Chuchacabra] Reference
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