Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GOAT'SUCK-ER
GOAT'SUCK-ER, n.
In ornithology, a fowl of the genus Caprimulgus, so called from the opinion that it would suck goats. It is called also the fern-owl. In Bailey, it is called a goat-milker.
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