Rocky Mountain goat
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Rocky Mountain goat
n.
See mountain goat.
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Rocky Mountain goat
n
(Animals) a sure-footed goat antelope, Oreamnos americanus, inhabiting the Rocky Mountains. It has thick white hair and black backward-curving horns
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Rock′y Moun′tain goat′
n.
a long-haired, white wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of W North America, having short black horns.
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Noun | 1. | Rocky Mountain goat - sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America goat antelope - bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats genus Oreamnos, Oreamnos - mountain goats |
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