She-goat
//ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female goat.
"At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats."
- 2 female goat wordnet
Example
More examples"I have seen the bull swayed by love, lowing as if the dunfly had stung him; I have seen the young he-goat in love with the she-goat, and following her everywhere."
Etymology
From Middle English sche-geyt; equivalent to she- + goat.
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