mouse-goat
mouse-goat noun: an extinct genus of goat-antelope (†Myotragus), which lived on the Balearic Islands in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
Noun
mouse-goat (plural mouse-goats)
- An extinct genus of goat-antelope (†Myotragus), which lived on the Balearic Islands in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
- Other island examples include pygmy hippos, pygmy deer, pygmy foxes, and the peculiar “mouse-goat”—an extinct species of dwarf sheep that had lived on the Balearic Islands of Spain.2011, Dennis McCarthy, Here Be Dragons
- Bones of this animal – the so called ‘mouse-goat’, Myotragus balearicus – were first discovered by the pioneering fossil hunter Dorothea Bate (1878–1951).2014, Paul D. Taylor, Aaron O'Dea, A History of Life in 100 Fossils, page 201
Forms of mouse-goat
| plural | mouse-goats |
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Origin of mouse-goat
Translating Myotragus (genus name).
Questions about mouse-goat
- What does mouse-goat mean?
- Mouse-goat means an extinct genus of goat-antelope (†Myotragus), which lived on the Balearic Islands in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
- What part of speech is mouse-goat?
- Mouse-goat is a noun.
- What is the plural of mouse-goat?
- The plural of mouse-goat is mouse-goats.
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