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fish-goat

fish-goat noun: a sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).

Noun

fish-goat (plural fish-goats)

  1. A sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).
    • The figure of the Fish-goat and names appropriate to it are found in all ancient zodiacs.1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations, London: Rivingtons, page 129
    • Hence the two other names from very early antiquity for the sign, "the sea-goat" and "the fish-goat." The union of the goat and fish too is observed in the Dendera planisphere.1881, J[ohn] H[enry] Broome, The Astral Origin of the Emblems, the Zodiacal Signs, and the Astral Hebrew Alphabet, as Shown in 'The Astronomical Register', London: Edward Stanford, page 7
    Synonyms:
    goat-fish

Synonyms of fish-goat

Forms of fish-goat

pluralfish-goats

Questions about fish-goat

What does fish-goat mean?
Fish-goat means a sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).
What part of speech is fish-goat?
Fish-goat is a noun.
What is the plural of fish-goat?
The plural of fish-goat is fish-goats.

Words near fish-goat in the dictionary

  1. fish-eyes
  2. fish-fag
  3. fish-fags
  4. fish-filled
  5. fish-finder
  6. fish-goat
  7. fish-goats
  8. fish-handler's disease
  9. fish-hawk
  10. fish-hawks
  11. fish-head

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