billy goat

noun

billy goat

noun

Etymology From the name Billy, early 19th c.

1

Childish A male goat.

There were once upon a time three Billy-goats, who were going up into the hills to get fat.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 141:

Synonyms: billy, buck, he-goat, puckaun
Antonyms: nanny goat, doe

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