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pasan

(Encyclopedia) pasan: see goat.

mountain goat

(Encyclopedia) mountain goat: see Rocky Mountain goat.

goat

(Encyclopedia) goat, ruminant mammal with hollow horns and coarse hair belonging to the genus Capra of the cattle family and closely related to the sheep. True wild goats, all of Old World origin,…

Brewer's: Goat

Usually placed under seats in church stalls, etc., as a mark of dishonour and abhorrence, especially to ecclesiastics who are bound by the law of continence. The seven little goats. So…

Brewer's: Goats

(Anglo-Saxon, gat.) The three goats. A public-house sign at Lincoln, is a corruption of the Three Gowts, that is, drains or sluices, which at one time conducted the waters of a large lake…

Capricornus

(Encyclopedia) CapricornusCapricornuskăprĭkôrˈnəs [key] [Lat.,=the goat horn], inconspicuous southern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between…

mohair

(Encyclopedia) mohair, hair of the Angora goat or a large group of fabrics made from it, either wholly or in combination with wool, silk, or cotton. The Angora goat, native of Asia Minor for 2,000…

Maradi

(Encyclopedia) MaradiMaradimärädēˈ [key], town (1988 pop. 112,965), S Niger, near the border with Nigeria. It is the administrative and commercial center for an agricultural region that specializes…

Rocky Mountain goat

(Encyclopedia) Rocky Mountain goat, hoofed ruminant mammal, Oreamnos americanus, found in the high mountains of S Alaska, W Canada, and the extreme NW United States. Although it is not a true goat it…