bezoar
/ˈbiːzɔː(r)/noun
1
- a small stony concretion which may form in the stomachs of certain animals, especially ruminants, and which was once used as an antidote for various ailments毛粪石, 胃石, 牛黄, 马宝。
2
- a wild goat with flat scimitar-shaped horns, found from Greece to Pakistan. It is the ancestor of the domestic goat and is the best-known source of the above stony concretions.野山羊。
2.1
- Capra aegagrus, family Bovidae.拉丁名Capra aegagrus,牛科。
词源
late 15th cent. （the general sense 'stone or concretion'）： from French bezoard, based on Arabic bāzarhr, bādizahr, from Persian pādzahr 'antidote'.