Re: antonyms: regretful & tasty

On Sat, 10 May 2003 21:56:13 -0700 Stone Gordonssen
<stonegordonssen@...> writes:
> > > puck [pVk]* n
> > >  4 The European goatsucker. local, England
> >¿el chupacabras?
> Goatsucker (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of several species of insectivorous
> birds,
> belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European
> species
> (Caprimulgus Europæus); -- 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 .
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That's not nearly as interesting... ohwell.

;-)


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