Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra ægagrus), of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat (Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the antelopes. See Mazame. Goat antelope (Zoöl), one of several species of antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara. — Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig. — Goat house. (a) A place for keeping goats. (b) A brothel. [Obs.] — Goat moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the large European species (C. ligniperda), the larva of which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the he-goat. — Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus Capraria (C. biflora). — Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant (Aconitum Lucoctonum), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from Switzerland into England; wolfsbane. — Goat's beard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Tragopogon; — so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One species is the salsify or oyster plant. — Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis caprina) growing at the Cape of Good Hope. — Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United States). — Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant (Astragalus Tragacanthus), found in the Levant. — Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred to Atraphaxis).
GOATEE
Goat`ee", n.
Defn: A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.
GOATFISH
Goat"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.
GOATHERD
Goat"herd`, n.
Defn: One who tends goats. Spenser.
GOATISH
Goat"ish, a.
Defn: Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.
Give your chaste body up to the embraces Of goatish lust. Massinger.
— Goat"ish*ly, adv.
— Goat"ish*ness, n.
GOATLIKE
Goat"like`, a.