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she-goats

she-goats is the plural of she-goat.

Meaning of she-goat

Noun

she-goat (plural she-goats)

  1. A female goat.
    • At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29
    Synonyms:
    nanny goat, nanny, doe

Questions about she-goats

What is she-goats the plural of?
She-goats is the plural of she-goat.

Words near she-goats in the dictionary

  1. she-elephant
  2. she-elephants
  3. she-fox
  4. she-foxes
  5. she-goat
  6. she-goats
  7. she-he
  8. she-hes
  9. she-lion
  10. she-lions
  11. she-male

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