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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 goat
Familiarity information: FOREST GOAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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