goat herds

Mountain livestock gatherings

Goat herds are groups of goats kept together, typically under human management for milk, meat, or fiber.

The term also refers to the people who tend them—more commonly spelled as one word: goatherd.

The goat herds moved across the hillside at dusk.

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hillside · bleating · hooves · milk · cheese · alpine · mountain · kids · billy · nanny · herdsman · crook · bells · wool · mohair · scrubland · rocky · nimble

Opposites
animal type in pastoral context

goat herdssheep flocks

Groups of woolly grazers

cattle herds · buffalo herds · chicken coops · dairy cows · beef cattle

wild vs. domesticated groupings

goat herdswolf packs

Organized canine hunting units

Family

goatherd, goatherds

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