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Angora goat

American  

noun

  1. a variety of domestic goat, raised originally in Angora, having long, silky hair called mohair.


Angora goat British  

noun

  1. a breed of domestic goat with long soft hair

"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

Etymology

Origin of Angora goat

First recorded in 1825–35

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Next comes 10 pounds of cashmere, Angora goat mohair, silk and luxurious New Zealand wool, which wicks away moisture and cradles the sleeper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2015

His most spectacular feat of gapsmanship was his trend-setting Angora goat with rubber tire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another such adventure in the gap between art and life concerns a stuffed Angora goat with a tire around its tummy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Monogram remains the most notorious of Rauschenberg's combines: a stuffed Angora goat, girdled with a tire.

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The Turkish Angora goat men usually range small flocks, and they also have a surplus of help, so that this is a comparatively easy method.

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