Night'-jār, n.

(nīt'-), n. (Ornith.) A British bird, allied to the night-hawk (Caprimulgus Europaeus), distinguished by the wide gape of its beak; the goat-sucker. It hunts its prey in the dusk, and is remarkable for the loud sound it emits, like the whirring of a spinning-wheel. [See Illust. of Goat-sucker.]