she-goat
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she-goat
- /ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt/ UK
- /ˈʃi.ɡoʊt/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English sche-geyt; equivalent to she- + goat.
noun she-goats · shegoat
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A female goat.
At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats.
Similar: nanny goat, nanny, doe
Translations
Talk about this word "she-goat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/she-goat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. she-goat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/she-goat "she-goat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/she-goat.Cite this
@misc{she_goat_2026,
title = {she-goat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/she-goat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
