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goat
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By Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
noun
1. a
hardy
domesticated
ruminant
animal
that has backward
curving
horn
s and (in the
male
) a
beard
. It is kept for its
milk
and
meat
and is noted for its
lively
and
frisky
behavior
.
ヤギ
>
Capra hircus, family Bovidae, descended from the wild bezoar.
a
wild
mammal
related to the
goat
, such as the
ibex
,
markhor
, and
tur
. See also
mountain goat
.
(
the Goat
) the
zodiacal
sign
Capricorn
or the
constellation
Capricornus
.
〖the G-〗〘天〙 やぎ座(Capricorn).
2. a
lecherous
man
.
⦅くだけて⦆ 好色漢
3.
US
a
scapegoat
.
⦅米⦆ 身代わり, いけにえ(
scapegoat
)
PHRASES
get someone's goat
informal
irritate someone:
e.g.
I've tried to get along with her, but sometimes she really gets my goat.
DERIVATIVES
goatish
|ˈɡōdiSH| adjective
goaty
|ˈɡōdē| adjective
ORIGIN
Old English
gāt
‘
nanny
goat
’, of
Germanic
origin; related to
Dutch
geit
and
German
Geiss
, also to
Latin
haedus
‘
kid
’.