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goatish

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goat  (gt)
n.
1. Any of various hollow-horned, bearded ruminant mammals of the genus Capra, originally of mountainous areas of the Old World, especially any of the domesticated forms of C. hircus, raised for wool, milk, and meat.
2. A lecherous man.
3. A scapegoat.
4. Goat See Capricorn.

[Middle English got, from Old English gt.]

goatish adj.

goatish [ˈgəʊtɪʃ]
adj
1. of, like, or relating to a goat
2. Archaic or literary lustful or lecherous
goatishly  adv
goatishness  n


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