Meanings
nounwhite goat (plural white goats)
plural white goats
- obsoleteThe mountain goat
There is no evidence whatever of the white goat having existed in Wyoming.
1905, Madison Grant, The Rocky Mountain Goat, New York : Office of the Society, page 221 more example
The white goat likes the regions of great precipitation, and it is most abundant in the high mountains where much snow falls.
1917, Fur News and Outdoor World, page 3
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