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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Animal name: he-goat, male goat

• Thread starter Thread starter Roymalika
• Start date Start date Jan 13, 2020

Roymalika

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Punjabi Masculine: he-goat or male goat Feminine: she-goat or female goat Are both of these names used? On Eid, Muslims have been ordered to slaughter either a he-goat/male goat, or a she-goat/female goat. B

Barque

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Tamil Male and female goats are sometimes called billy goats and does, respectively, but "male goat" and "female goat" work too.

Roymalika said: Muslims have been ordered to slaughter either a he-goat/male goat, or a she-goat/female goat. Click to expand...

If you just say "a goat", wouldn't that be enough? It would be either a male or a female in any case.

Roymalika

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Punjabi

Barque said: Male and female goats are sometimes called billy goats Click to expand...

You mean they both are collectively called billy goats? And are they also called "he-goat" and "she-goat"?

entangledbank

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London English - South-East England Male and female can be used about any animals. He and she are specific to goats (and the odd other animal), and speaking of a he-goat is more like saying a ram or a tomcat (where he have special names for the sexes). Either could be used. A male goat is also a billy-goat, and the term that often corresponds to that for the female is nanny-goat. These sound more playful than neutral; they're more for folktales. T

Thomas Tompion

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Southern England English - England I've always known them to be called 'Billy-goats' and 'Nanny-goats'. B

Barque

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Tamil

Roymalika said: You mean they both are collectively called billy goats? Click to expand...

Please read the full sentence.

Barque said: Male and female goats are sometimes called billy goats and does, respectively, Click to expand...

The word "does" in my post is not the present tense form of "do" but the plural of "doe". If you're unfamiliar with the word "respectively", please look it up in the dictionary, and if it's still unclear, you're welcome to ask about it of course.

Roymalika

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Punjabi

Barque said: Please read the full sentence. The word "does" in my post is not the present tense form of "do" but the plural of "doe". If you're unfamiliar with the word "respectively", please look it up in the dictionary. Click to expand...

OK, thanks. I considered "does" in your post as the present tense of "do". That caused the confusion. Edit: I have just checked the dictionary. It's told me that the name is "doe". But I wonder whether I can call it a "doe goat"? Last edited: Jan 13, 2020 B

Barque

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Tamil Just "doe". Or "nanny goat", as #5 says.

Roymalika said: That caused the confusion. Click to expand...

If you think about it, it's unlikely that male and female goats are collectively called billy goats, as you thought, because we already have the common word "goat" which covers both males and females. B

Barque

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Tamil

Roymalika said: But I wonder whether I can call it a "doe goat"? Click to expand...

You can call it what you like. But if you're asking if it'd be correct, the answer is "No".

Roymalika

Senior Member

Punjabi

Barque said: You can call it what you like. But if you're asking if it'd be correct, the answer is "No". Click to expand...

Is there any one-word name for the male goat too as is for the female goat ("doe")? B

Barque

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Tamil You are expected to try to find answers by yourself before you come to this forum for help. Have you tried Google? There is one, but it isn't as common as "billy-goat" as far as I know, and it's more general; the listener would have to know you were referring to a goat, unlike "billy goat", whose meaning is clear even without context.

heypresto

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South East England English - England This is going off topic. As Barque said in post #2, in your sentence all you need is 'goat'. You don't need to mention billy-goats or nanny-goats at all.

Roymalika

Senior Member

Punjabi

heypresto said: This is going off topic. As Barque said in post #2, in your sentence all you need is 'goat'. You don't need to mention billy-goats or nanny-goats at all. Click to expand...

OK. Which of these names are more commoy used? he/she-got or billy/nanny goat

GreenWhiteBlue

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The City of New York USA - English

Roymalika said: Which of these names are more commoy used? he/she-got or billy/nanny goat Click to expand...

As a general rule, goats are not commonly discussed in the English-speaking world at all. To get back to your sentence, why not just say "a goat", and avoid all unnecessary confusion? You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Bluesky LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Share Link

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