ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: so called from the belief that it sucks the milk from goats
: any of various medium-sized long-winged crepuscular or nocturnal birds (as the whippoorwills and nighthawks) constituting the family Caprimulgidae, having a short wide bill, short legs, and soft mottled plumage, and feeding on insects which they catch on the wing — called also nightjar ; see frogmouth