GOAT-SUCKER, noun 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.