'Dorhawk' definitions:
Definition of 'Dorhawk'
From: GCIDE
- Dorhawk \Dor"hawk`\, n. (Zool.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] --Booth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dorhawk'
From: 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]