mountain goat
Americannoun
noun
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short for Rocky Mountain goat
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any wild goat inhabiting mountainous regions
Etymology
Origin of mountain goat
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Dubbed Project Ibex, after the long-horned mountain goat, the vehicles are an experiment by the tech company to potentially augment the fleet of box trucks and vans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
The elusive artist's signature stencil-styled piece, which appears to show a mountain goat perched on a ledge as rocks fall, has been painted on a wall in Kew Green, Richmond.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024
Coast Salish tribes, at the forefront of the North Cascades mountain goat monitoring efforts, have deep cultural ties to the animals.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
Wesley Sarmento, a mountain goat expert at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, called the study innovative.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
He called me that because I never fell down when we were climbing mountains—sure-footed as a mountain goat, he’d always say.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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