NOUN | animal | goat, caprine animal | any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns |
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person | goat, butt, laughingstock, stooge | a victim of ridicule or pranks | |
person | Goat, Capricorn | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn | |
location | Goat, Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat | the tenth sign of the zodiac |
Sounds | gow't | |
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Rhymes | afloat ... zygote: 61 rhymes with owt... |
Meaning | Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns. | |
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Synonym | caprine animal | |
Member of | Capra, genus Capra | goats |
Parts | beard | hairy growth on or near the face / face of certain mammals |
horn | One of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates | |
Narrower | billy, billy goat, he-goat | male goat |
domestic goat, Capra hircus | Any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool / wool | |
kid | young goat | |
nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat | female goat | |
wild goat | undomesticated goat | |
Broader | bovid | hollow-horned ruminants |
Spanish | cabra, cabrón, capra aegagrus hircus, chivo, ganado cabrío | |
Catalan | bestiar cabrum, cabra, caprí | |
Adjectives | caprine | being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats |
hircine | of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor) |
Meaning | A victim of ridicule or pranks. | |
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Synonyms | butt, laughingstock, stooge | |
Narrower | April fool | The butt of a prank played on April 1st |
Broader | victim, dupe | A person who is tricked or swindled |
Spanish | chivo expiatorio, hazmerreír, pelele, risa | |
Catalan | burlot, rialla, riota |
Meaning | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn. | |
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Synonym | Capricorn | |
Category | astrology, star divination | A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Meaning | The tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19. | |
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Synonyms | Capricorn, Capricorn the Goat | |
Instance of | sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
Spanish | capricornio, Capricornio | |
Catalan | Capricorn |
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