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Definition of Goat

1. Noun. Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns.

2. Noun. A victim of ridicule or pranks.

3. Noun. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn.

4. Noun. The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19.

Definition of Goat

1. n. A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Definition of Goat

1. Noun. Any of various ruminant mammals, of the genus ''Capra'', related to the sheep. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A lecherous man. ¹

3. Noun. (informal) A scapegoat ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To allow goats to feed on. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To scapegoat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goat

1. a horned mammal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Goat

1. A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, especially. The domestic goat (C. Hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin. The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame. Goat antelope, 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. Goat fig, the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis). Origin: OE goot, got, gat, AS. Gat; akin to D. Geit, OHG. Geiz, G. Geiss, Icel. Geit, Sw. Get, Dan. Ged, Goth. Gaits, L. Haedus a young goat, kid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goat

goalsquare goalsquares goaltend goaltended goaltender goaltenders goaltending goaltendings goaltends goalward

goalwards goanna goannas goary goas goat (current term) goat's-beard goat's cheese goat's cheeses goat's foot

goat's milk anaemia goat's milk cheese goat's milk cheeses goat's rue goat-antelope goat-rope goat antelope goat boat goat boated goat boating

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