A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (Capra hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
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 wild fig.
Goat house
A place for keeping goats.
Goat moth
any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (Cossus 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.
Goat weed
a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (Capraria biflora).
Goat's bane
a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
Goat's foot
a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
Goat's rue
a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States).
Goat's thorn
a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant.
Goat's wheat
the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).