sea goat

Noun

sea goat (plural sea goats)

1. A mythical beast with the upper half of a goat and the lower half of a fish; commonly used to figure the constellation Capricornus.
   • In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.]1699, Walter Harris, A Description of the King's Royal Palace and Gardens at Loo, London: R. Roberts, page 31
   • On the left of the label, containing the inscription, was a military standard and a sea goat, on the right a military standard and Pegasus.1875, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Lapidarium Septentrionale, or, A Description of the Monuments of Roman Rule in the North of England, London: Bernard Quaritch, page 34

   Synonyms:

   fish-goat, goat-fish, goatfish