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

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Rocky Mountain goat

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

The skin of the Rocky Mountain goat has never had any regular commercial value.

From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by George O. Shields

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 Thomas Carson

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 Ellis Meredith

In the mountains of British Columbia are the bighorn or Rocky Mountain sheep and the Rocky Mountain goat, while the 148 saddleback and white mountain sheep have recently been discovered in the northern Cordillera.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various