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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1an. — Fur Trade, Obs.
the pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, of the southern prairies.
See: antelope
Quotations
1754
Two young men brought in 3 Goats: they are not so large as the Welsh ones.
1853
What Norman had shot, then, was an antelope; and the reason why it is called "cabree" by the voyageurs, and "goat" by the fur-traders, is partly from its colour resembling that of the common goat, but more from the fact, that along the upper part of its neck there is a standing mane, which does in truth give it somewhat the appearance of the European goat
1bn.
a goatlike mammal, Oreamnos montanus, found in the western mountains and related to the European chamois.
See: Rocky Mountain goat
Quotations
1888
About 4.30 in the afternoon we reached the creek we meant to camp on; excellent water, wood, and lots of grass again, added to which it looked good goat country.
1905
Here more than thirty goats were scattered over a small area--goats of all sizes and apparently all ages, from shaggy patriarchs to tiny kids only a few weeks old.
1957
Midwinter in the Rockies and the tracks of moose, deer, elk, sheep, and goat circle the lower hills in criss-cross webbing.
2n. — Hist.
a kind of locomotive (U-class) built in 1905 and used in certain coal mines.
Quotations
1964
. . . the Canmore "goat" is receiving a more thorough check
3n.