mountain climbing
mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
| Kennesaw Mountain | battle of the American Civil War (), Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Rocky Mountain jay
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis | a Canada jay with a white head, widely distributed from Montana to Arizona |
mountain skink
Eumeces callicephalus | frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico |
mountain devil
spiny lizard Moloch horridus | desert lizard that feeds on ants |
black rat snake
blacksnake pilot blacksnake
mountain blacksnake
Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
mountain quail
mountain partridge
Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
| Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
| Bernese mountain dog | large powerful long-haired blackoated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking, formerly used for draft |
cougar
puma
catamount mountain lion
painter
panther Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
mountain beaver
sewellel
Aplodontia rufa | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America, the most primitive living rodent |
| mountain paca | rodent of mountains of western South America |
mountain chinchilla
mountain viscacha | a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity |
mountain zebra
Equus zebra zebra | narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa |
| mountain sheep | any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
bighorn
bighorn sheep
cimarron
Rocky Mountain bighorn
Rocky Mountain sheep
Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
goat
caprine animal | any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns |
billy
billy goat
he-goat | male goat |
nanny
nanny-goat
she-goat | female goat |
domestic goat
Capra hircus | any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool |
Cashmere goat
Kashmir goat | Himalayan goat having a silky undercoat highly prized as cashmere wool |
| Angora Angora goat | a domestic breed of goat raised for its long silky hair which is the true mohair |
| wild goat | undomesticated goat |
bezoar goat
pasang Capra aegagrus | wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions |
| goat antelope | bovid related to goats but having antelope-like features: mountain goats, gorals, serows, chamois, gnu goats |
mountain goat
Rocky Mountain goat
Oreamnos americanus | sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America |
takin
gnu goat
Budorcas taxicolor | large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area |
mountain nyala
Tragelaphus buxtoni | shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia |
forest goat
spindle horn
Pseudoryx nghetinhensis | cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope, characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat |
mountain gorilla
Gorilla gorilla beringei | gorilla of Kivu highlands |
Rocky Mountain whitefish
Prosopium williamsonii | whitefish of the western United States and Canada |
mountain bike
all-terrain bike
offoader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires, originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
| mountain tent | a lightweight tent with a floor, flaps close with a zipper |
| mountain trail | a trail through mountainous country |
lingonberry
mountain cranberry
cowberry
lowbush cranberry | tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller |
| goats' milk | the milk of a goat |
goat cheese
chevre | made from goats' milk |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests |
Capricorn
Capricorn the Goat
Goat | the tenth sign of the zodiac, the sun is in this sign from about December to January |
Vermont
Green Mountain State
VT | a state in New England |
West Virginia
Mountain State
WV | a state in east central United States |
Balkans
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Mountain Range | the major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula |
mountain
mount | a land mass that projects well above its surroundings, higher than a hill |
| mountain peak | the summit of a mountain |
pass
mountain pass
notch | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks, we got through the pass before it started to snow |
range
mountain range
range of mountains
chain mountain chain
chain of mountains | a series of hills or mountains, the valley was between two ranges of hills, the plains lay just beyond the mountain range |
Pan
goat god | (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks, represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears, identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus |
Capricorn
Goat | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn |
butt
goat
laughingstock
stooge | a victim of ridicule or pranks |
frontiersman
backwoodsman
mountain man | a man who lives on the frontier |