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

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Rocky Mountain goat

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

The blue roan made that butte slick as a Rocky Mountain goat.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

The takin, serow, and goral are the Asiatic members of this sub-family, the Rupicaprinae, which is represented in America by the so-called Rocky Mountain goat and in Europe by the chamois.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman

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