Rocky Mountain goat

American  

noun

1. a long-haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns.

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Rocky Mountain goat British  

noun

1. a sure-footed goat antelope, Oreamnos americanus , inhabiting the Rocky Mountains. It has thick white hair and black backward-curving horns

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Etymology

Origin of Rocky Mountain goat

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

From my experience with these animals, I believe they seek quite as rugged a country in which to make their homes as does the Rocky Mountain goat.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

As he rounded a point in the rocks, he came upon a Rocky Mountain goat engaged in combat with a cinnamon bear.

From The Master-Knot of Human Fate by Meredith, Ellis

Here and there glistened a rushing stream or a lofty waterfall, and on one of the hills he saw a herd of mule deer and on another a solitary Rocky Mountain goat.

From The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine by Stratemeyer, Edward

Thus, the antelope or pronghorn is not a true antelope, the buffalo is not a buffalo, the Rocky Mountain goat is not a goat, and the elk is not an elk.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

You Rocky Mountain goat hunters don’t need any course of training in the Alps.”

From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Eaton, Walter Prichard