| 单词 | rock-goat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock-goat rock-goat n. (a) the ibex, Capra ibex (now rare); †(b) South African the klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus (obsolete).Cf. rock-buck n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > capra ibex (European ibex) stonebuckc1000 rock-goat1574 eveck1585 stambuck1591 ibex1607 rock-buck1681 steinbock1695 bouquetin1783 mountain sheep1807 stonebuck1855 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job cli. 711/2 Mention be made here precisely of the Hinds and of the shee rockegoates or other wilde Goates. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 244 (heading) The Heluetian Alpian wilde or Rocke-Goat. 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 116 The Rock-goat is as well known in the Cape countries as he is in Europe. 1820 J. Campbell Trav. S. Afr. I. ii. 29 The rock-goat..had found its way to a place, which no human foot had ever yet trod. 1861 H. G. Bohn Pict. Hand-bk. Mod. Geogr. 231 Among the other wild animals, the ibex or rock-goat has become very scarce. 1911 G. A. Barton Comm. Bk. Job ii. 296 The rock-goat or ibex is very shy. < as lemmas |
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