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Definition of Cashmere goat
1. Noun. Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cashmere Goat
Literary usage of Cashmere goat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1857)
"FEMALE cashmere goat. The fleeces of the matured bucks weigh from six to seven
pounds. Ewes yield from three to four pounds. The flesh of the crosses is ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"cashmere goat, a variety of the common goat, remarkable for its very long, fine,
... A single goat cashmere goat. does not yield more than three ounces, ..."
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