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fainting goats

fainting goats is the plural of fainting goat.

Meaning of fainting goat

Noun

fainting goat (plural fainting goats)

  1. a breed of domestic goat characterised by a genetic disorder known as myotonia congenita, wherein the muscles freeze for roughly 3 seconds when the goat feels panic

Questions about fainting goats

What is fainting goats the plural of?
Fainting goats is the plural of fainting goat.

Words near fainting goats in the dictionary

  1. faintiest
  2. faintified
  3. fainting
  4. fainting goat
  5. fainting goat syndrome
  6. fainting goats
  7. faintingly
  8. faintingness
  9. faintings
  10. faintish
  11. faintishness

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