billy goatnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɪl.i ˌɡəʊt/us/ˈbɪl.i ˌɡoʊt/a male goat
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Names for the male & female of animals
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- cob
- cock
- ewe
- gelding
- mare
- nanny goat
- ox
- ram
- stag
- stallion
- steer
- tigress
- tom
- tomcat
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Sheep & goats
Examples from literature
- A friend of mine once tied up a billy goat as a bait for a panther and sat up over it in a tree.
- I suppose I'll have to cache it in a tomato can for Johnson's old billy goat to chew up.
- Why——why, it's a dandy, little, red cart that we harness a billy goat to, 'stead of a pony or horse.