"mouse-goat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mouse-goats [plural]
Etymology: Translating Myotragus (genus name). Etymology templates: {{m|mul|Myotragus}} Myotragus Head templates: {{en-noun}} mouse-goat (plural mouse-goats)
  1. An extinct genus of goat-antelope, Myotragus, which lived on the Balearic Islands in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. Categories (lifeform): Caprines
    Sense id: en-mouse-goat-en-noun-C83woiT7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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