goatlike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with muscular arms made from aerospace-grade aluminum.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 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
When you push down on the goat, it emits a goatlike scream.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2020
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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