英语词汇goatsucker的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

goatsucker. This nocturnal bird (Caprimulgus europaeus), also known as the nightjar because its calls “jar the night,” is called the goatsucker in Greek, Latin, French, German, Span- ish, and several other languages besides English, its name reflecting the widespread belief that it attacks and sucks the udders of goats for food. Aristotle was among the first to note the legend, writing that “flying to the udders of she goats, it sucked them and so it gets its name. They say that the udder withers when it has sucked it and that the goat goes blind.” Even this bird’s scientific name, Caprimulgus, honors the story, deriving from the Latin caper, “goat,” and mulgere, “to milk.” The short-billed, wide-mouthed bird actually feeds on insects it captures in the air.

词汇	goatsucker
词源	goatsucker. This nocturnal bird (Caprimulgus europaeus), also known as the nightjar because its calls “jar the night,” is called the goatsucker in Greek, Latin, French, German, Span- ish, and several other languages besides English, its name reflecting the widespread belief that it attacks and sucks the udders of goats for food. Aristotle was among the first to note the legend, writing that “flying to the udders of she goats, it sucked them and so it gets its name. They say that the udder withers when it has sucked it and that the goat goes blind.” Even this bird’s scientific name, Caprimulgus, honors the story, deriving from the Latin caper, “goat,” and mulgere, “to milk.” The short-billed, wide-mouthed bird actually feeds on insects it captures in the air.
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