GOATS

"GOATS" is a plural of: goat.

Date "GOATS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	Large family of ruminants containing the true antelopes, oxen, sheep and goats. Source: European Union. (references)
Health	Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, closely related to the sheep. (references)
Literature	Goats (Anglo-Saxon, gat.) The three goats. A public-house sign at Lincoln, is a corruption of the Three Gowts, that is, drains or sluices, which at one time conducted the waters of a large lake into the river Witham. The name of the inn is now the Black Goats. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Screenplays

Sorry, no goats. (Godspell; writing credit: David Greene; John-Michael Tebelak)

Do you see any goats around (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

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Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Live Sheep and Goats in Switzerland (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Live Sheep and Goats Export Supplies (reference) The 2003 World Forecasts of Live Sheep and Goats Export Supplies (reference) The 2002 World Market Forecasts for Imported Live Sheep and Goats (reference) The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Live Sheep and Goats (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees (reference) The Trees of the Dancing Goats (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Sheep And Goats (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Mother Nature Tales of Discovery: When Goats Go Climbing (reference) The Three Billy Goats Gruff / The Three Little Pigs (reference) Three Billy Goats Gruff/Little (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	African American farmer Theodore Nesmith feeds his goats and dairy cattle on his South Carolina farm. Credit: USDA.		Goats in feed lot near farm shed. Credit: USDA.
	Hispanic children tending goats on their farm. Credit: USDA.		4H girls show goats. Credit: USDA.
	4H girl shows goats. Credit: USDA.		4H boy shows goats. Credit: USDA.
	4H kids show goats. Credit: USDA.		Preferring woody and weedy species, goats select the young growing points first as they browse downward from the upper parts of a plant. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Goats grazing on Boise FrontFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown.		Mountain goats. Credit: Unknown.
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	Multiple goats bleating.
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Author	Quotation
Marcus T. Cicero	Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	As an immediate advance on account of the animals referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above, Germany undertakes to deliver in equal monthly installments in the three months following the coming into force of the present Treaty the following quantities of live stock: (1) To the French Government. 500 stallions (3 to 7 years); 30,000 fillies and mares (18 months to 7 years), type: Ardennais, Boulonnais or Belgian; 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years); 90,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years); 1,000 rams; 100,000 sheep; 10,000 goats. (2) To the Belgian Government. 200 stallions (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type; 5,000 mares (3 to 7 years), large Belgian type; 5,000 fillies (18 months to 3 years), large Belgian type; 2,000 bulls (18 months to 3 years); 50,000 milch cows (2 to 6 years); 40,000 heifers; 200 rams; 20,000 Sheep; 15,000 sows. (reference)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Cattle, sheep, and goats are the primary reservoirs of C. burnetii. (references)
		When sheep, goats, cows, or camels are infected, their milk is contaminated with the bacteria. (references)
		Various Brucella species affect sheep, goats, cattle, deer, elk, pigs, dogs, and several other animals. (references)
Economic History	Chad	The figures above are unofficial estimates for beef, goats, sheep. (references)
	Chad	In the Saharan region, only camels and a few hardy goats can survive. (references)
	Mali	Mali's resource in livestock consists of millions of cattle, sheep, and goats. (references)
Human Rights	Cameroon	On March 21, local media reported that a mob beat Joseph Nzelamnyuy for stealing three goats; Nzelamnyuy later died at a local hospital. (references)
	Somalia	The rapes usually followed looting attacks by bandits and occurred when women and girls left the camps to herd goats or collect firewood or at night when bandits enter the refugee camps. (references)
Trade	Brazil	Breeder livestock (cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses and donkeys, including semen and embryos); wine and brandy, distilled spirits (rum, wodka and whiskey); fresh vegetables (asparagus, beans, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, garlic, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes); canned vegetables (asparagus, beans, carrots, corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato paste); frozen vegetables (beans, broccoli, carrots, corn and spinach); peanut butter or peanut flour; dairy products (butter, butter oil, ghee, anhydrous milk fat, non-fat and whole milk powder, whey powder, whey protein concentrate, lactose, non-sweetened condensed milk, fluid milk, lecithin and cheese); ice cream; meat, frozen or chilled (beef, pork and their products);wheat, wheat flour, semolina; cotton, 100% cotton yarn, 100% cotton fabrics (woven and knit unbleached/bleached/dyed, and/or printed); rice; feed grains (barley, including malting barley, white corn, yellow corn, sorghum and oats); corn products (flour, starch, corn meal, popcorn and gluten); pulses(dry beans, peas and lentils), poultry breeder stock (baby chicks, turkey pouts and hatching eggs); eggs and egg products (fresh, dry, refrigerated, frozen, albumin, etc); fresh fruits (apples, apricots, avocados, blueberries, cherries, grapes, grapefruit, kiwi, lemons, melons, nectarines, oranges, pears, plums, peaches, raspberries and tangerines); hops: hops extract; tallow: grease, lard, barley malt; potatoes(cut and chilled or frozen; flakes, granules); peanuts; commercially prepared dog and cat food, animal feed ingredients, fish food; seeds for sowing; almonds ( walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut and pecan); dry fruits, frozen fruits, canned fruits, fruit pure and fruit pulp, 100% natural fruit juice; seafood (fresh and frozen);tomato paste; alfalfa; honey; skins; nutritional beverages preparations (for human consumption); soy protein products; vegetable oils; wood; beer; cereals; preparation for breads and pizzas (powder, refrigerated of frozen); canned pickles; ready-to-eat meals; soft drinks and sodas; soups and sauces. (references)
Women	Uganda	An international human rights NGO offered cattle, goats, and money for scholarships to Sabiny parents who did not allow their daughters to be circumcised during the 2000 ceremony. (references)
Worker Rights	Saint Kitts and Nevis	These provide a barely adequate living for a wage earner and family; many workers supplement wages by keeping small animals such as goats and chickens. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TRIAL, n. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors. In order to effect this purpose it is necessary to supply a contrast in the person of one who is called the defendant, the prisoner, or the accused. If the contrast is made sufficiently clear this person is made to undergo such an affliction as will give the virtuous gentlemen a comfortable sense of their immunity, added to that of their worth. In our day the accused is usually a human being, or a socialist, but in mediaeval times, animals, fishes, reptiles and insects were brought to trial. A beast that had taken human life, or practiced sorcery, was duly arrested, tried and, if condemned, put to death by the public executioner. Insects ravaging grain fields, orchards or vineyards were cited to appeal by counsel before a civil tribunal, and after testimony, argument and condemnation, if they continued in contumaciam the matter was taken to a high ecclesiastical court, where they were solemnly excommunicated and anathematized. In a street of Toledo, some pigs that had wickedly run between the viceroy's legs, upsetting him, were arrested on a warrant, tried and punished. In Naples and ass was condemned to be burned at the stake, but the sentence appears not to have been executed. D'Addosio relates from the court records many trials of pigs, bulls, horses, cocks, dogs, goats, etc., greatly, it is believed, to the betterment of their conduct and morals. In 1451 a suit was brought against the leeches infesting some ponds about Berne, and the Bishop of Lausanne, instructed by the faculty of Heidelberg University, directed that some of "the aquatic worms" be brought before the local magistracy. This was done and the leeches, both present and absent, were ordered to leave the places that they had infested within three days on pain of incurring "the malediction of God." In the voluminous records of this cause celebre nothing is found to show whether the offenders braved the punishment, or departed forthwith out of that inhospitable jurisdiction.
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"GOATS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 91.49% of the time. "GOATS" is used about 435 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	91.49%	398	14,032
Lexical Verb (-s form)	6.67%	29	64,444
Noun (proper)	1.84%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	435	N/A

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "GOATS".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Zeboiim	N/A	Biblical	Goats
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Expressions using "GOATS": goats rue ♦ pest of sheep and goats ♦ sheep and goats. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "GOATS": billy-goats, he-goats.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "GOATS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏ماعز (goat). (various references)

Danish		geder, oksegruppen (antelopes, bovidae, cattle, sheep). (various references)

Dutch		runderachtigen (antelopes, bovidae, cattle, sheep), holhoornigen (antelopes, bovidae, cattle, sheep). (various references)

Finnish		vuohet (goat). (various references)

French		espèce caprine, chèvres, caprins, bovidés. (various references)

German		Ziegen. (various references)

Greek		βοοειδή (cattle), αιγοειδή, αίγες. (various references)

Italian		capre. (various references)

Manx		goair. (various references)

Pig Latin		oatsgay.(various references)

Portuguese		bovídeos (bovine). (various references)

Scottish		meigeil (nf.ind. bleating of goats). (various references)

Spanish		ganado caprino, ganado cabrio, capridos. (various references)

Swedish		getter (getter). (various references)

Turkmen		dowar (livestock). (various references)
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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Bovidae. (various references)
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Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 33
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai sthsei ta men probata ek dexiwn autou ta de erifia ex euwnumwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et statuet oves quidem a dextris suis hedos autem a sinistris
Old English	990	West Saxon	& he ge-set þa sceap on hys swiðrenhealfe. & þa ticcene on his wenstren healfe.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And he schal departe hem atwynne, as a scheeperde departith scheep from kidis; and he schal sette the scheep on his riythalf, and the kidis on the lefthalf.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And he shall set the shepe on his right honde and the gotes on the lyfte.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
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Language	Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 33
Cebuano	ug ang mga karnero iyang pagapinigon sa iyang too, apan ang mga kanding anha sa iyang wala.
Croatian	Postavit æe ovce sebi zdesna, a jarce slijeva."
Danish	Og han skal stille Fårene ved sin højre Side og Bukkene ved den venstre.
Dutch	En Hij zal de schapen tot Zijn rechter hand zetten, maar de bokken tot Zijn linker hand.
Finnish	Ja hän asettaa lampaat oikealle puolelleen, mutta vuohet vasemmalle.
French	et il mettra les brebis � sa droite, et les boucs � sa gauche.
German	und wird die Schafe zu seiner Rechten stellen und die Böcke zu seiner Linken.
Hungarian	És a juhokat jobb keze felõl, a kecskéket pedig bal keze felõl állítja.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Orang-orang yang melakukan kehendak Allah akan dikumpulkan di sebelah kanan-Nya, dan yang lain di sebelah kiri-Nya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lalu dihimpunkan-Nya domba itu di sebelah kanan-Nya, tetapi kambing itu di sebelah kiri-Nya.
Italian	e porr� le pecore alla sua destra e i capri alla sinistra.
Korean	양 은 그 오 른 편 에 염 소 �" 왼 편 에 두 리 라
Manx Gaelic	As soie-ee eh ny kirree er e laue-yesh, agh ny goair er e laue-chiare.
Maori	Ka whakaturia e ia nga hipi ki tona matau, ko nga koati ki maui.
Norwegian	og han skal stille fårene ved sin høire side, men gjetene ved den venstre.
Portuguese	e porá as ovelhas � sua direita, mas os cabritos � esquerda.
Rumanian	wi va pune oile la dreapta, iar caprele la stknga Lui.
Russian	Й � ПУФБЧЙФ ПЧЕ�" � П � ТБЧХА уЧПА УФПТПОХ, Б ЛПЪМПЧ--� П МЕЧХА.
Shuar	Tura kachurtichunka, pénkera nuna, untsuuruini awajsartatjai. Tura kachurtinniaka, yajauchia nuna, menaaruini awajsartatjai.
Spanish	y pondrá las ovejas a su derecha, y los cabritos a su izquierda.
Swahili	Atawaweka kondoo upande wake wa kulia na mbuzi upande wake wa kushoto.
Swedish	Och fåren skall han ställa på sin högra sida, och getterna på den vänstra.
Uma	Tauna to mpobabehi konoa Alata'ala kupahantuda hi mali ka'ana-ku, pai' tauna topesapuaka hi mali ki'ii-ku.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "GOATS": goatskin, goatskins, goatsucker, goatsuckers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "GOATS": bushgoats, scapegoats. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"GOATS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gatos, geates, ghoast, ghoat, Gioas, Glatz, gnoat, goas, goash, goast, Goate, goates, goati, goaty, Gobaith, goest, goetz, Gogarty, Goias, goist, Gojas, Goltz, gonat, gooet, goost, Gortz, Gosta, gota, gotan, gotay, gotsa, Gotse, Gottes, gouat, govt, gozat, groates, Gtatc, Gtatcc, guate, Guwat, Guyatt, joats, ogams, ogas, ogatos. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GOATS" (pronounced gō"ts)
3	-ō" t s	boats, coats, connotes, Cotes, denotes, devotes, floats, gloats, moats, motes, notes, oats, promotes, quotes, throats, totes, votes.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: togas.
	Words within the letters "a-g-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: gast, gats, goas, goat, oast, oats, sago, stag, stoa, tags, taos, toga, togs.
	-2 letters: ago, gas, gat, goa, gos, got, oat, sag, sat, sot, tag, tao, tas, tog.
	-3 letters: ag, as, at, go, os, so, ta, to.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: argots, fagots, gators, gavots, gloats, groats, magots, outgas, tangos, tongas.
	+2 letters: agonist, agoutis, amongst, dotages, faggots, fugatos, galiots, galoots, garotes, gelatos, gestapo, gitanos, goatees, goatish, hostage, latigos, legatos, loggats, maggots, nougats, onstage, orgeats, outages, outsang, postage, postbag, potages, ragouts, ragtops, stopgap, storage, stowage, tautogs, towages.
	+3 letters: agnostic, agonists, agouties, angstrom, antilogs, antismog, boasting, boatings, bushgoat, cantdogs, catalogs, coagents, coasting, coatings, cognates, congrats, cottages, dogcarts, escargot, estragon, fagoters, flotages, footages, galipots, galliots, galloots, garottes, garrotes, gatepost, gavottes, geotaxes, geotaxis, gestapos, gigatons, glasnost, gloaters, goalpost, goatfish, goatskin, grantors, grayouts, gunboats, gyrators, gyrostat, hangouts, hostages, isograft, latigoes, legators, magnetos, megatons, montages, mystagog, negatons, negators, octagons, offstage, oghamist, organist, orgastic, otalgias, otalgies, outbrags, outdrags, outgains, outgnaws, outrages, pigboats, portages, postages, postbags, postgame, postgrad, pottages, ragworts, roasting, rootages, sabotage, shortage, solating, stopgaps, stoppage, storages, stowages, tangelos, toasting, tollages, tonnages, tugboats, voltages, warthogs.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
boer goats.com	4
goats.org pygmy	2
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