wild goat

  • 21Goat's wheat — Goat Goat (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hollow horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several species… …

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  • 22goat — [gōt] n. [ME gote < OE gat, akin to Du geit, Ger geiss < IE base * ghaido , he goat > L haedus, kid goat ] 1. pl. goats or goat a) any of a genus (Capra) of wild or domesticated bovid ruminants with hollow horns ☆ b) ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT …

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  • 23goat — [gəut US gout] n [: Old English; Origin: gat] 1.) an animal that has horns on top of its head and long hair under its chin, and can climb steep hills and rocks. Goats live wild in the mountains or are kept as farm animals. 2.) get sb s goat… …

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  • 24goat — ► NOUN 1) a hardy domesticated mammal that has backward curving horns and (in the male) a beard. 2) a wild mammal related to this, such as the ibex. 3) informal a lecherous man. 4) Brit. informal a stupid person. ● get someone s goat Cf. ↑get… …

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  • 25goat-fig — goatˈ fig noun The wild fig • • • Main Entry: ↑goat …

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  • 26goat-nut — (gōtʹnŭt ) n. See jojoba.   [From its being a chief source of food for wild goats.] * * * …

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  • 27Goat Rocks Wilderness — Infobox protected area | name = Goat Rocks Wilderness iucn category = Ib caption = locator x = 27 locator y = 15 location = Washington, USA nearest city = Tacoma, WA lat degrees = 46 lat minutes = 30 lat seconds = 44 lat direction = N long… …

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  • 28goat — goatlike, adj. /goht/, n. 1. any of numerous agile, hollow horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in… …

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  • 29Goat Rock Beach — [ Russian River at the Pacific Ocean.] Goat Rock Beach is a sand beach in northwestern Sonoma County, California, United States.This landform is a sub unit of Sonoma Coast State Beach, owned and managed by the State of California. At the northern …

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  • 30goat antelope — any of several wild goats with antelopelike features, including the chamois, goral, serow, and Rocky Mountain goat. [1840 50] * * * ▪ mammal also called  rupicaprin        goatlike mammals (mammal) of the subfamily Caprinae (family Bovidae… …

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