- caora
- a sheep, Irish caora, g. caorach, Old Irish câer, *cairax, from *ka(p)erax, alliet to Latin caper, a goat, Greek $$Gkápros, a boar, English heifer. Cf. Welsh caeriwrch, roebuck.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.