What is "bezoar goat"

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.

n. A wild goat, ''Capra aegagrus'', native to Asia Minor and the Middle East and also found on Crete.

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