The story
From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
goatsucker
Today it means: Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. Full definition →
Today it means: Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. Full definition →
From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.