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
When you push down on the goat, it emits a goatlike scream.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2020
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
On the right was a unicorn, the symbol of justice; its deerlike head was lowered so that its curving horn pointed down, while its goatlike tail curled up.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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