he-goats

Bearded herd sires

He-goats is the plural of he-goat, an adult male goat.

The term appears mainly in older texts, particularly biblical translations: The priest shall take two he-goats for a sin offering.

Modern usage prefers billy goat or simply buck.

livestock

bucks

Male deer, or dollars

  • herdGrazing animals together
  • flockAnimals gathered together
  • pastureGrazing ground for livestock

grazing · breeding · stud · horns · beards · hooves · pen · fodder · hay · domesticated

mythology

Pan

Horned god of wilds

  • satyrGoat-legged forest deity
  • faunGoat-legged nature spirit
  • BaphometGoat-headed occult symbol

Capricorn · Dionysus · fertility · pagan · symbol · Thor · Norse · Greek · occult · wildness

religious

sacrifice

Giving up something precious

atonement · Leviticus · ritual · temple · biblical · Yom Kippur · burnt offering · paschal · sin offering · purification

behavior

butting

Striking with the head

territorial · dominant · rutting · mating · mounting · scent glands · marking · sparring · hierarchy · alpha

Opposites
sex/gender within goats

he-goatsshe-goats

Adult female caprines

nanny goats · does · nannies · kids

sex/gender across livestock

he-goatsewes

Adult female ovines

hens · sows · cows · mares · does

Family

he-goat, goat, goats, goatee, goatish, goatherd, he

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