Meaning & use
billy goat
An adult male goat, as distinguished from a female goat or nanny.
See it in a sentence
The billy goat butted the fence whenever strangers came near the pasture.
Farmers keep one billy goat with the herd to breed with the females.
A note on using this word
Billy goat is an informal, everyday term; buck is the more technical word used by farmers and breeders.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
nanny goat
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