Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In zoology, a goat; the specific name of the domestic goat, Capra hircus, by some authors made a genus of goats.
- n. [cap] In astronomy, another name for the star Capella.
Wiktionary
- n. Used attributively as a species epithet
Etymologies
- New Latin, from Latin hircus ("goat") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In fact, she was doing New Lounge before Old Lounge was a glint in the eye of the Capra hircus laniger that's cashmere goat to you and me.”
“Thus if the government capriciously gives you a goat capra hircus, you cannot complain of the gift in federal court.”
“Within the Denizli province there are records of ten mammals (including grey wolf Canis lupus (V), jackal Canis ureus, bear Ursus arctos, chamois Capra hircus and boar Sus scrofa) and ten species of bird including great bustard Otis arda.”
“Introduced ground-dwelling browsers include red and fallow deer (Cervus elaphus and Dama dama), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), hares (Lepus europaeus occidentalis) and goats (Capra hircus).”
“Goats (Capra hircus) and possums are the main culprits.”
“The rare and endemic wild goat (Capra hircus cretensis) is still present in few places on the island.”
“Floral and faunal diversity for this relatively small ecoregion is high, containing three endemic mammal species, a shrew (Crocidura caneae), the spiny-mouse (Acomys minous), and a wild goat (Capra hircus cretensis).”
“There are also smaller and more localized populations of feral banteng (B. javanicus), goats (Capra hircus), and sambar deer (Cervus unicolor).”
“Goats (Capra hircus) were introduced from Madagascar in 1860, by 1976 there were approximately 200, and their numbers have grown since.”
“Browsing of tussock herbfields by introduced species such as red deer (Cervus elaphus) and goats (Capra hircus) damages the fragile alpine communities because they degrade the thin soils, hasten erosion, and selectively eat palatable species.”
Lists
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It Has a Name??
Yes. Yes it does.
aglet, armsaye, scroop, rowel, ferrule, rasceta, chanking, philtrum, frenulum, keeper, agelast, punt and 285 more...
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kewpid's Words
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herotuesday's Words
butyraceous, thrasonical, turgid, ululate, irenic, punctilio, discombobulate, ecdysiast, formicate, favonian, agnate, erubescence and 614 more...
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Eeeew!
Things encountered on wordie that make me say Eeeew!.
colopexy, wet gripes, black vomit, hircus, gavage, casu marzu, wet bread, meatus, oyster, heart attack, bristol stool scale, weasand and 8 more...
Tweets
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uselessness It's like a horrible circus! Sep 23, 2007
reesetee Eeeew! This is definitely going on my "It Has a Name??" list. :-) Sep 23, 2007
herotuesday armpit smell: finally an obscure name for it. Sep 23, 2007