caprimulgus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

căprĭmulgus, i, m. [caper-mulgeo]. *

I A milker of goats , poet. for countryman , Cat. 22, 10.—

II A bird supposed to suck the udders of goats , the goat-sucker , Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115.

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