Rocky Mountain goat

noun

1. a long-haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns.

Rocky Mountain goat

noun

1. a sure-footed goat antelope, Oreamnos americanus , inhabiting the Rocky Mountains. It has thick white hair and black backward-curving horns

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rocky Mountain goat¹

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

As he rounded a point in the rocks, he came upon a Rocky Mountain goat engaged in combat with a cinnamon bear.

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The white Rocky Mountain goat really is the wild mountain climber.

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The white Rocky Mountain goat is the only representative of his species on our continent.

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I also hoped, should time permit, to have a try for a Rocky Mountain goat, and possibly a bear on the Mainland.

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They had scaled cliffs where nothing on hooves save a burro—or a Rocky Mountain goat—could have followed after.

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