nanny goat

Billy's female counterpart

A nanny goat is a female goat, as opposed to a billy goat.

The term is somewhat informal and often used when speaking to children or in casual contexts: The nanny goat had just given birth to twin kids.

caprine

doe

Adult female deer

  • kidChild or young goat
  • buckMale deer or dollar
  • bleatSheep's wavering cry

herd · flock · udder · hoof · cloven · horns · beard · ruminant · cud · bovid

maternal

kid

Child or young goat

offspring · protective · bonding · weaning · birth · kidding · twin · triplet · colostrum · rearing

dairy

milking

Extracting animal dairy fluid

feta · chèvre · yogurt · creamery · pail · teat · pasteurization · artisan · butterfat · kefir

farm

barnyard

Farm's animal enclosure

pen · stable · fence · haystack · fodder · trough · homestead · smallholding · husbandry · breeding

grazing

pasture

Grazing ground for livestock

herbage · grassland · clover · alfalfa · scrub · vegetation · field · hillside · brush · shrub

Categories
Opposites
sex/gender within goat species

nanny goatbilly goat

Male of the species

billy · buck · he-goat · ram

Family

goat, nanny, goats, nannies, goatherd, billy goat, goatish, nanny-goat

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G