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n. - Female hollow-horned ruminant mammal related to the sheep but of lighter build and with backwardly arching horns, a short tail, and usually straight hair.

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Usage examples (33)
  • The lot fell on a she-goat, which I sacrificed to Artemis.
  • Am I young enough to scamper, over hill and dale, after a she-goat?
  • Hens ran in the orchard grass, and a she-goat was tethered to graze there.
  • Whereupon, without an instant's hesitation, he exchanged the hog for the she-goat.
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