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GOAT ANTELOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats; gorals; serows; chamois; gnu goats
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("goat antelope" is a kind of...):
bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goat antelope"):
mountain goat; Oreamnos americanus; Rocky Mountain goat (sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America)
goral; Naemorhedus goral (small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains)
serow (short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia)
chamois; Rupicapra rupicapra (hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips)
Budorcas taxicolor; gnu goat; takin (large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area)
Holonyms ("goat antelope" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)