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goat

[goht] / goʊt /
NOUN
hollow-horned mammal
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Another goat company, Blue Tent Farms, has also seen demand rise in its home state of California.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

These includes fortifying homes against wildfires, replanting fire-ravaged forests and thinning out vegetation with prescribed burns, goat grazing and manual thinning with heavy machinery to reduce the intensity of potential fires.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

This last day of the hajj coincides with Eid al-Adha, the festival celebrating the memory of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son before the angel Gabriel intervened and offered him a goat in Ishmael's place.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The hunters in Iran’s Zagros mountains who protected and managed wild ibexes, for example, had no idea that their actions would lead to the domestication of the goat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

He patted the goat nibbling on his pants, then perked his head up.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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