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mountain goat

mountain goat

noun

  1. any wild goat inhabiting mountainous regions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain goat1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Example Sentences

The elusive artist's signature stencil-styled piece, which appears to show a mountain goat perched on a ledge as rocks fall, has been painted on a wall in Kew Green, Richmond.

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The park is home to 53 species of mammals, including moose, bears, elks, mountain goats and caribou.

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I go up to 12,000 feet and get to places where even mountain goats would have a hard time getting.

Fluffy white mountain goats perched among the crags of the Cascade Range have over the centuries become synonymous with the rugged landscape of Washington.

A few years ago they translocated over 300 perfectly content mountain goats from the Olympics to the Cascades.

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