'Nightjar' definitions:
Definition of 'nightjar'
(from WordNet)
noun
Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects [syn: goatsucker, nightjar, caprimulgid]
Definition of 'Nightjar'
From: GCIDE
- Nightjar \Night"jar`\, n. A goatsucker, esp. the European species. See Illust. of Goatsucker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'nightjar'
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]