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FOREST GOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forest goat mean? 

FOREST GOAT (noun)
  The noun FOREST GOAT has 1 sense:

1. 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 goatplay

  Familiarity information: FOREST GOAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOREST GOAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

forest goat; Pseudoryx nghetinhensis; spindle horn

Hypernyms ("forest goat" is a kind of...):

bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)

Holonyms ("forest goat" is a member of...):

genus Pseudoryx; Pseudoryx (species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992)


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