资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   Note: Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar
         orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.

   {Bezoar antelope}. See {Antelope}.

   {Bezoar goat} (Zo["o]l.), the wild goat ({Capra [ae]gagrus}).
      

   {Bezoar mineral}, an old preparation of oxide of antimony.
      --Ure.

Goat \Goat\, n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to D. geit,
   OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth.
   gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several
   species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({C. hircus}),
   which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

   Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
         long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
         fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat ({Capra [ae]gagrus}),
         of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
         stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
         ofthe domestic goat. The Rocky Montain goat
         ({Haplocercus montanus}) is more nearly related to the
         antelopes. See {Mazame}.

   {Goat antelope} (Zo["o]l), one of several species of
      antelopes, which in some respects resemble a goat, having
      recurved horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short,
      flat tail, as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.

   {Goat fig} (Bot.), the wild fig.

   {Goat house}.
   (a) A place for keeping goats.
   (b) A brothel. [Obs.]

   {Goat moth} (Zo["o]l.), any moth of the genus {Cossus}, esp.
      the large European species ({C. ligniperda}), the larva of
      which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
      years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
      he-goat.

   {Goat weed} (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
      {Capraria} ({C. biflora}).

   {Goat's bane} (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
      Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
      Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.

   {Goat's beard} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Tragopogon}; --
      so named from the long silky beard of the seeds. One
      species is the salsify or oyster plant.

   {Goat's foot} (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
      caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.

   {Goat's rue} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Galega officinalis}
      of Europe, or {Tephrosia Virginiana} in the United
      States).

   {Goat's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
      Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.

   {Goat's wheat} (Bot.), the genus {Tragopyrum} (now referred
      to {Atraphaxis}).

资料来源 : WordNet®

Capra aegagrus
     n : wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions [syn: {bezoar goat},
         {pasang}]