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goatlike

American  
[goht-lahyk] / ˈgoʊtˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling a goat in appearance, sound, or behavior.


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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

The canyon widened, and Luther led me up a goatlike trail along the right shoulder.

From Washington Post Nov. 23, 2016

Reading Heidegger convinced Thwaites that, to inhabit the mental life of a goat, he would need to relate to his surroundings in a goatlike way.

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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