goat antelope
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Goat antelope — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
goat-antelope — goatˈ antelope noun A goatlike antelope, or an animal intermediate between goat and antelope, such as the chamois and the goral • • • Main Entry: ↑goat … Useful english dictionary
goat antelope — n. any of several bovid ruminants intermediate in their characteristics between goats and antelopes, as the serow, goral, and chamois … English World dictionary
Goat-antelope — Taxobox name = Goat antelopes image width = 250px image caption = Barbary Sheep, Ammotragus lervia regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Bovidae subfamilia = Caprinae Gray, 1821 Pantholopinae… … Wikipedia
goat antelope — noun bovid related to goats but having antelope like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats • Hypernyms: ↑bovid • Hyponyms: ↑mountain goat, ↑Rocky Mountain goat, ↑Oreamnos americanus, ↑goral, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
goat antelope — goat′ an telope n. mam any of several bovids with both goatlike and antelopelike features • Etymology: 1840–50 … From formal English to slang
goat 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… … Universalium
goat antelope — /goʊt ˈæntəloʊp/ (say goht antuhlohp) noun 1. a goat like antelope of the genus Naemorhedus, as the goral, N. goral, or N. crispus of Japan. 2. any antelope of the tribe Rupicaprini, a subdivision of the sheep and goat family, and including the… …
goat-antelope — noun a ruminant mammal of a group including the chamois and musk ox, with characteristics of both goats and antelopes. [Subfamily Caprinae.] … English new terms dictionary
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 and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
