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rocky ['rɒkɪ]∎ rocky outcrop affleurement m rocheux;∎ Cookery rocky road (ice cream, confectionery) = au chocolat, avec de la guimauve et des morceaux de noix(b) (unstable → situation) précaire, instable; (→ government) peu stable; (relationship, marriage) difficile;∎ it's been a rocky year for the oil industry ça a été une année difficile pour l'industrie pétrolière;∎ to have a rocky road ahead avoir des problèmes en perspective;∎ to go through a rocky patch traverser une période difficile2 noun►► the Rocky Mountains les montagnes fpl Rocheuses;Zoology Rocky Mountain goat chèvre f des montagnes Rocheuses;Medicine Rocky Mountain spotted fever fièvre f pourprée des montagnes Rocheuses
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Rocky Mountain goat — ☆ Rocky Mountain goat n. a white goat antelope (Oreamnos americanus) of the mountains of NW North America, with a thick, shaggy coat and small, slender, black horns that curve backward … English World dictionary
Rocky Mountain goat — noun sure footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America • Syn: ↑mountain goat, ↑Oreamnos americanus • Hypernyms: ↑goat antelope • Member Holonyms: ↑Oreamnos, ↑genus Oreamnos … Useful english dictionary
Rocky Mountain goat — noun see mountain goat (sense 1) … English new terms dictionary
Rocky Mountain goat — Rock′y Moun′tain goat′ n. mam a long haired, white wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of W North America, having short black horns … From formal English to slang
Rocky Mountain goat — a long haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns. [1835 45, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
Rocky Mountain goat — noun a long haired, white, goat like, bovid ruminant, Oreamnos montanus, of the western North American mountains, having short black horns …
mountain goat — ☆ mountain goat n. ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT * * * or Rocky Mountain goat Ruminant (bovid species Oreamnos americanus) of the Yukon to the northern Rockies that is more closely related to antelopes than to goats. Stocky, with a hump at the withers,… … Universalium
mountain goat — ☆ mountain goat n. ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT … English World dictionary
Mountain goat — For Eurasian mountain goats, see Capra (genus). For the rock band, see The Mountain Goats. For the Cumbrian bus operator, see Mountain Goat (bus company). Mountain Goat (also known as tahr) Conservation status … Wikipedia
mountain goat — noun 1》 (also Rocky Mountain goat) a goat antelope with shaggy white hair and backward curving horns, living in the Rocky Mountains of North America. [Oreamnos americanus.] 2》 any goat that lives on mountains, proverbial for its agility … English new terms dictionary
mountain goat — noun A sure footed goat antelope, Oreamnos americanus, of the North American mountains, having black curved horns and a shaggy coat. Syn: Rocky Mountain goat … Wiktionary