[よたか;ぶんぼちょう(蚊母鳥), yotaka ; bunbochou ( ka haha tori )] (n) (1) (uk) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); (2) (uk) nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; (3) (夜鷹 only) streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); (4) (夜鷹 only) (abbr) (See 夜鷹蕎麦) soba vendors who walk around at night; soba sold by these vendors [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Goatsucker \Goat"suck`er\, n. (Zool.)
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to
{Caprimulgus} and allied genera, esp. the European species
({Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us}); -- so called from the mistaken
notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also
{goat-milker}, {goat owl}, {goat chaffer}, {fern owl}, {night
hawk}, {nightjar}, {night churr}, {churr-owl}, {gnat hawk},
and {dorhawk}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goatsucker
n 1: mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with
mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on
insects [syn: {goatsucker}, {nightjar}, {caprimulgid}]
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