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wild goat
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 — Obs.
the pronghorn, Antilocapra americana, of the southern prairies.
See: antelope
Quotations
1754
Saw several wild goats.
1853
[Norman called it "a goat," and stated that this was its name among the fur-traders, while the Canadian voyageurs give it the title of "cabree."]
2
a goatlike mammal, Oreamnos montanus, found in the western mountains and related to the European chamois.
See: Rocky Mountain goat
Quotations
1807
Large animals consist of the moose deer, and the wild goat; the latter is to be found only upon the Rocky Mountains, and is much the same as in Europe, though smaller and without beard.
1875
. . . the Stoney hunts the wild goat, and the big horned sheep, the black tail, the white tail, and the graceful antelope.