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Bezoar goat
(gcide) | Bezoar \Be"zoar\, n. [F. b['e]zoard, fr. Ar. b[=a]zahr,
b[=a]dizahr, fr. Per. p[=a]d-zahr bezoar; p[=a]d protecting +
zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.]
A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain
ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the
Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote
for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential,
or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
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Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar
orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.
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Bezoar antelope. See Antelope.
Bezoar goat (Zool.), the wild goat (Capra [ae]gagrus).
Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony.
--Ure.
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bezoar goat
(wn) | bezoar goat
n 1: wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions [syn: bezoar goat,
pasang, Capra aegagrus] |
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Bezoar goat
(gcide) | Bezoar \Be"zoar\, n. [F. b['e]zoard, fr. Ar. b[=a]zahr,
b[=a]dizahr, fr. Per. p[=a]d-zahr bezoar; p[=a]d protecting +
zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.]
A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain
ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the
Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote
for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential,
or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar
orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.
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Bezoar antelope. See Antelope.
Bezoar goat (Zool.), the wild goat (Capra [ae]gagrus).
Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony.
--Ure.
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