Akademik

Oreamnos

noun

mountain goats

• Syn: ↑genus Oreamnos

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mountain goat, ↑Rocky Mountain goat, ↑Oreamnos americanus

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\\ˌōrēˈamnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ore- + Greek amnos lamb — more at yean

: a genus of ruminant mammals consisting of the mountain goat

Useful english dictionary. 2012.