he-goat


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he-goat

n
(Animals) a male goat
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Noun1.he-goat - male goathe-goat - male goat        
billy goat, billy
caprine animal, goat - any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
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he-goat

[ˈhiːgəʊt] N → macho m cabrío
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I had, as is observed in the third year of my being here, kept a young kid, and bred her up tame, and I was in hopes of getting a he-goat; but I could not by any means bring it to pass, till my kid grew an old goat; and as I could never find in my heart to kill her, she died at last of mere age.
However, I altered my traps; and not to trouble you with particulars, going one morning to see my traps, I found in one of them a large old he-goat; and in one of the others three kids, a male and two females.
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As soon as he entered, a He-Goat left in the cave sharply attacked him with his horns.
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Meanwhile he drove all the ewes inside, as well as the she-goats that he was going to milk, leaving the males, both rams and he-goats, outside in the yards.
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He explained that 'Under the Small Ruminants intervention, each head of Forty (40) households are given four female sheep and one male sheep or four she-goats and one he-goat, inline with beneficiaries interests of breeding.'
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"Something must be wrong with a he-goat that pursues another he-goat," she concluded.
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FAISALABAD -- Mastana, a he-goat owned by Gujranwala-based citizen Bao Farrukh, here Friday won the animal beauty contest, with a weight of 300 kilograms.
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Following the tradition, a he-buffalo and a he-goat were sacrificed at the Kirtimukha Bhairav and Jaya Bageshwori Temple.
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HAVERFORDWEST The name of this ancient market town means 'ford used by heifers' from the Old English haefar (heifer) meaning buck or he-goat and referred to the fact the town was the safest place to bring animals across the Western Cleddau.
Playing the name game; Princes, Vikings, Normans, Romans, myths and legends - they all feature in the wonderful history of Wales' diverse and often eccentric place names. Robin Turner looks at a sample of Welsh place names to discover their background
A small he-goat now costs Dh450 against Dh400 last year while a male sheep that cost Dh450 in 2013 is priced at Dh500 this year."
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Before slaughtering a he-goat, certificate about the health condition of the said he-goat must be obtained from the Public Health Inspector;
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Then a he-goat comes, with a conspicuous horn between his eyes.
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