caprimulgus

Etymology
From +. The sense "nightjar" is first attested in Pliny the Elder's Naturalis historia and represents a partial, following Aristotle's claim in Historia animalium that certain nocturnal birds - often identified as nightjars - suck milk from the udders of goats.

Noun

 * 1) a milker of goats
 * 2) a nightjar (from the belief that they sucked the milk from goats)