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mountain goat

mountain goat

noun

  1. any wild goat inhabiting mountainous regions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mountain goat1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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Example Sentences

Feeling invigorated and giddy, I practically skipped along the downhill slope back to my van, passing a fluffy mountain goat and several marmots on the way.

In May, Wood posted a semi-viral TikTok of a baby mountain goat following her around for three days during a hike in Washington.

Byus echoed that, saying their voyages will often stop to observe bears or watch mountain goats climb the cliffs on the shore.

Inside his mummified stomach, researchers were able to find lipid-rich, almost bacon-like mountain goat meat.

He seemed built of iron, and he was sure footed as a mountain goat.

She was as sure-footed and agile as a mountain goat, and it was a pleasure to watch her.

Instantly the Indian increased his pile by a bear skin, a grey wolf, and a mountain goat.

As he rounded a point in the rocks, he came upon a Rocky Mountain goat engaged in combat with a cinnamon bear.

It is the country of the wolf and the isard, of the brown bear and the mountain-goat, a land of bare rock and of rushing water.

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