goatlike
Americanadjective
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The Mountain Goats are something of an acquired taste: They’re earnest and wordy, and Darnielle’s vocals strike some people as too … well, goatlike*.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Protecting panda habitats benefited other species as well, Pimm says, including the takin, a goatlike animal considered vulnerable, and endangered snub-nosed monkeys.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 7, 2021
The canyon widened, and Luther led me up a goatlike trail along the right shoulder.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016
Without a goat’s strong front legs and flexible musculature, a person undertaking goatlike movements, such as galloping or leaping to the ground head first, would be badly hurt.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
The goats dozed in their pens, dreaming dull, goatlike dreams.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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