| 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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