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rocky mountain goat

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Rocky Mountain goat

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

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism
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mountain goat  
n.  A goat antelope (Oreamnos americanus) of the northwest North American mountains, having curved black horns and shaggy yellowish-white hair and beard. Also called Rocky Mountain goat.
Rocky Mountain goat  
n.  See mountain goat.
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