goat : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair
  Angora.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.

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• noun wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions
  Capra aegagrus; pasang.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the wild goat (Capra ægagrus).

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• noun male goat
  billy; billy goat.
  

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Bil"ly goat`

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1. A male goat. Colloq.

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• (Zoöl.), a beautiful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species.

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• noun the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19
  Capricorn; Goat.
  

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• noun Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool
  Cashmere goat.
  

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• noun any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool
  Capra hircus.
  

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• noun cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat
  Pseudoryx nghetinhensis; spindle horn.
  

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• noun large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area
  takin; Budorcas taxicolor.
  

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• noun bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats
  

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• (Zoöl), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.

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• noun made from goats' milk
  chevre.
  

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• (Bot.), the wild fig.

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• noun (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
  Pan.
  

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• noun European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
  Aegilops triuncalis.
  

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• noun a person who tends a flock of goats
  goatherd.
  

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• . (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. Obs.

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• (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (C. ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat.

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• noun tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
  goat rue; Galega officinalis.
  

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• (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (C. biflora).

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• noun much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
  Salix caprea; florist's willow; pussy willow.
  

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• (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Tragopogon; so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant.

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• noun short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers
  goatsfoot; Oxalis caprina.
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.

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• noun perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
  wild sweet pea; Tephrosia virginiana; catgut.
  
• noun tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
  goat rue; Galega officinalis.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States).

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• (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant.

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• (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).

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• noun the milk of a goat
  

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• noun male goat
  billy; billy goat.
  

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Jaal" goat`

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1. (Zoöl.) A species of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also beden, and jaela.

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Jem"lah goat`

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1. (Zoöl.) The jharal.

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• noun Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool
  Cashmere goat.
  

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• noun sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America
  mountain goat; Oreamnos americanus.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Mazama.

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• a female goat. Colloq.

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• noun female goat
  nanny-goat; nanny.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a wild goat, or ibex.

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• noun sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America
  mountain goat; Oreamnos americanus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.

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• noun female goat
  nanny-goat; nanny.
  

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• noun undomesticated goat
  

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