Definition of Rocky mountain goat

1. Noun. Sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America.

Exact synonyms: Mountain Goat, Oreamnos Americanus
Generic synonyms: Goat Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Oreamnos, Oreamnos

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rocky Mountain Goat

Rockingham podocarp
Rockstone
Rockwell
Rockwell Kent
Rockwellesque
Rocky
Rocky-mountain maple
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain bee plant
Rocky Mountain bighorn
Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine
Rocky Mountain dogbane
Rocky Mountain fever
Rocky Mountain goat
Rocky Mountain jay
Rocky Mountain sheep
Rocky Mountain spotted fever vaccine
Rocky Mountain whitefish
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains cherry
Rocky mountain pinon
Rocroi
Rod Laver
Rodders
Roderick
Rodger
Rodgers

Literary usage of Rocky mountain goat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of by Patrick Fraser Tytler, James Wilson (1832)
"... The Rein-deer—The Woodland Caribou—The Rocky Mountain Sheep—The Rocky Mountain Goat—The Bison, or American Buffalo—The Musk-ox. ..."

2. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"It is Billy the rocky mountain goat. " Billy is as awkward-looking as he moves about as Bighorn is graceful, but he will go where even Bighorn will hesitate ..."

3. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1905)
"THE rocky mountain goat. By MADISON GRANT. THE white or Rocky Mountain goat shares with the musk-ox the honor of being the least known of the game animals ..."

4. Sporting Adventures in the Far West by John Mortimer Murphy (1879)
"The rocky mountain goat—Position in Natural History—Its classification—Supposed to be a goat-antelope—Its appearance, haunts and habits—Character of its ..."

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