-əˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Caprimulgus, type genus (from Latin, milker of goats, goatsucker, from capri- + -mulgus, from mulgēre to milk) + -idae — more at milk
: a family of birds with a deeply cleft broad bill comprising the goatsuckers and constituting with the frogmouths a suborder of the order Caprimulgiformes