CAPRA HIRCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capra hircus mean? 

• CAPRA HIRCUS (noun)
  The noun CAPRA HIRCUS has 1 sense:

1. any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool

  Familiarity information: CAPRA HIRCUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPRA HIRCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Capra hircus; domestic goat

Hypernyms ("Capra hircus" is a kind of...):

caprine animal; goat (any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Capra hircus"):

Cashmere goat; Kashmir goat (Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool)

Angora; Angora goat (a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair)

 Context examples 

Any one of several species in the genus Capra, most commonly Capra hircus.

(Goat, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)