Definition of "mountain goat" []

• A goat antelope (Oreamnos americanus) of the northwest North American mountains, having curved black horns and shaggy yellowish-white hair and beard. Also called Rocky Mountain goat. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "There simply was no place in the refined temples of Attica and Sparta for a mountain goat like Pan."
• "Charles Thompson joins EH for a mountain goat hunt unsuccessful."