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DOMESTIC GOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does domestic goat mean? 

DOMESTIC GOAT (noun)
  The noun DOMESTIC GOAT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DOMESTIC GOAT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOMESTIC GOAT (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 ("domestic goat" 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 "domestic goat"):

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)


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