goat antelope

noun

1. any of several wild goats with antelopelike features, including the chamois, goral, serow, and Rocky Mountain goat.

goat antelope

noun

1. any bovid mammal of the tribe Rupicaprini, including the chamois, goral, serow, and Rocky Mountain goat, having characteristics of both goats and antelopes

Word History and Origins

Origin of goat antelope¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

In Persia we find the well-known Sasin, or common antelope, as it is usually called; and in the Oriental Islands, Sumatra furnishes us with the Cambing outan, and Japan with the Japanese goat antelope.

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These are often called mountain antelopes, or goat antelopes.

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