Home › Words › A › aegagrusaegagrus/iːˈɡæɡɹəs/aegagrus means the wild goat Capra aegagrus.aegagrus is pronounced /iːˈɡæɡɹəs/.EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek αίγαγρος (aígagros, “wild goat”).nounThe wild goat Capra aegagrus.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.caprid 63% match — Of or pertaining to the subfamily Caprinae of ruminants, of which the goat (genus Capra) is the type; Ovis (sheep) are also members. vs aegagrus →agrimi 63% match — A type of goat with long horns that curl back, native to Crete, subspecies Capra hircus cretica, sometimes Capra aegagrus cretica et al. vs aegagrus →caprine 62% match — A caprid: a (domestic or wild) goat or sheep: any member of the tribe Caprini (corresponding to the archaic taxon Capridae). vs aegagrus →goatgrass 60% match — Any of various wheatlike grasses of the genus Aegilops. vs aegagrus →aegothelid 59% match — Any member of the Aegothelidae. vs aegagrus →aegicrane 58% match — The decorative carved head of a ram or goat. vs aegagrus →markhor 57% match — A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas. vs aegagrus →bucardo 57% match — The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica). vs aegagrus →