Goatsucker (Noun)
Meaning
Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The goatsucker was active at dusk, spreading its large, round wings in search of the night's first insects.
- Near the entrance of the cave, a goatsucker perched silently on a low-hanging branch, watching the sky transform into twilight.
- Goatsuckers, named for their supposedly prodigious appetite for goat milk, roosted in hollowed tree trunks during the day.
- Due to urbanization, goatsuckers are often spotted closer to residential areas as they navigate towards street lamps to hunt insects.
- Birdwatchers eager to catch a glimpse of the rare goatsucker observed the grassland just after sunset, their telescopes scanning the landscape for a flash of movement.