Goatlike
41caproicacid — ca·pro·ic acid (kə prōʹĭk, kă ) n. A liquid fatty acid, CH3(CH2)4COOH, found in animal fats and oils or synthesized and used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and flavorings. [From Latin caper, capr , goat (from the acid s goatlike smell).] …
42Alps — /alps/, n. (used with a pl. v.) a mountain range in S Europe, extending from France through Switzerland and Italy into Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia. Highest peak, Mont Blanc, 15,781 ft. (4810 m). * * * I Mountain system, south central Europe.… …
43aoudad — /ah oo dad /, n. a wild sheep, Ammotragus lervia, of northern Africa, having a long fringe of hair on the throat, chest, and forelegs. Also called Barbary sheep. [1860 65; < F < Berber, equiv. to a masc. sing. prefix + udad ram] * * * ▪ mammal… …
44bharal — /berr euhl/, n. a wild sheep, Pseudois nahoor, of Tibet and adjacent mountainous regions, having goatlike horns that curve backward. Also, burrhel. Also called blue sheep. [1830 40; < Hindi] * * * …
45blue sheep — bharal. * * * ▪ mammal also called bharal either of two species of sheeplike mammals (mammal), family Bovidae (bovid) (order Artiodactyla (artiodactyl)), that inhabit upland slopes in a wide range throughout China, from Inner Mongolia to… …
46echidna — /i kid neuh/, n. Also called spiny anteater. any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera Tachyglossus, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and Zaglossus, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse …
47goat antelope — any of several wild goats with antelopelike features, including the chamois, goral, serow, and Rocky Mountain goat. [1840 50] * * * ▪ mammal also called rupicaprin goatlike mammals (mammal) of the subfamily Caprinae (family Bovidae… …
48goral — /gawr euhl, gohr /, n. a short horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species. [1825 35; perh. Skt gaura, gaur] * * * ▪ mammal Sandro Lovari any of three species of small… …
49saiga — /suy geuh/, n. a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle. [1795 1805; ( < NL) < Russ saigá(k) < Turkic; cf. Chagatai saygak] * * * ▪ mammal medium sized hoofed mammal of the… …
50serow — /ser oh/, n. a goat antelope of the genus Capricornis, of eastern Asia, related to the goral: the Sumatran serow is endangered. [1840 50; perh. from a source akin to Lepcha sa ar goat] * * * ▪ mammal goatlike mammal that ranges from Japan… …
