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goats
Variant of goat
noun
- pl. goats or goat
- any of a genus (Capra) of wild or domesticated bovid ruminants with hollow horns
- ☆ Rocky Mountain goat
- a lecherous man
- ☆ Informal a person forced to take the blame or punishment for others; scapegoat
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