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goatsucker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
goat-suck-er
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats.

Inflected Forms

goatsuckers (plural) goat-sucker (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

chupacabras

Synonyms

nightjar caprimulgid

Questions

What does goatsucker mean?
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
Where does goatsucker come from?
From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats.

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