Any of various wild ruminants of the genus Capra or the subfamily Caprinae (family Bovidae), such as the ibex and the goat-antelopes. Chiefly with…

A species of wild goat (Capra ibex or Ibex ibex) inhabiting the Alps and Apennines, the male of which has very large strongly ridged recurved…

whidaw goat n. a West-African species of goat, Capra reversa. whidah thrush n. Pholidauges leucogaster.

a Tibetan goat (Capra lanigera) which furnishes the wool for making the Indian shawls.

The wild goat (Capra jaala) of Mount Sinai, Upper Egypt, Ethiopia, etc.

= Nubian goat n. at compounds.

a breed of goat distinguished by a convex profile, large pendulous ears, short hair, and long legs, probably of both North African and Indian…

Used attributively and absol. to designate a hornless light brown goat belonging to a breed first developed in the Toggenburg region.

A breed of goat characterized by lop ears and a convex facial profile, produced by crossing North African and Indian goats with English breeds; a…

Used attributively and absol. to designate (a member of) a breed of white goats which was first developed in the Berne region.

The Ethiopian ibex, Capra walie. Also walia ibex.