noun
1. mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
• Hypernyms: ↑goatsucker, ↑nightjar, ↑caprimulgid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chordeiles, ↑genus Chordeiles
2. slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
• Syn:
↑dragonfly, ↑darning needle, ↑devil's darning needle, ↑sewing needle, ↑snake feeder, ↑snake doctor, ↑skeeter hawk
• Hypernyms: ↑odonate
Useful english dictionary. 2012.