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nanny-goat

nanny-goat

1 2.8
A female farm animal with horns and a beard that eats plants and gives milk
  • noun
  • /ˈnæniˌɡoʊt/
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  • We're expecting a nanny goat in the morning to join our small farm.

Examples

  • I enjoy watching the nanny goat play in the field with the other animals.

  • Hence his nickname, the nanny-goat, which had stuck with him since childhood.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • We're expecting a nanny goat in the morning.

    The Cocoanuts (1929)

  • Bunch of old nanny goats

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)

  • I'm kind of fond of nanny goats, I am.

    The Natural (1984)

  • A nanny goat bleated in an alarming human wail when her kid was taken from the truck before her.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The nanny goat bleated softly as her kid drank milk from her.

Synonyms

goat
vsnanny-goat
247 1.0

A farm animal with a beard and horns kept for milk and meat

is the hyphenated form limited to the female of that species
nanny
vsnanny-goat
8 9.5

A female goat

is the hyphenated compound form for the same animal
she-goat
vsnanny-goat
2.8

A female goat

is the hyphenated compound form used for that female term
nannie
vsnanny-goat
  • UK
5.3

A female goat, usually an adult

is the hyphenated form covering female of any age

Surface Forms

nanny-goat singular
nanny-goats plural

Morphology

nanny-goat = nanny + goat (transparent) = nanny + goat

The compound is a direct, literal combination of 'nanny' + 'goat' meaning a female goat.

Etymology

Nanny-goat joins nanny ('a woman who cares for children') and goat, giving a clear image of a mother goat who looks after her 'kids', which are baby goats, so the word means a female goat.