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dorhawk
(gcide) | Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- 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.
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Dorhawk
(gcide) | Dorhawk \Dor"hawk`\, n. (Zool.)
The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor
beetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] --Booth.
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Dorhawk
(gcide) | Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species
(Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- 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.
[1913 Webster]Dorhawk \Dor"hawk`\, n. (Zool.)
The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor
beetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] --Booth.
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