steinbockn.
/ˈstʌɪnbɒk/, U.S. /ˈstaɪnˌbɑk/ A wild goat of the genus Ibex; the Alpine Ibex ( Capra Ibex).
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1695 tr. M. Misson New Voy. Italy I. 106 We dined..at Steertzingen, where they gave us..some Flesh of a certain Beast called Steinbokt.
1717 T. Robinson in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 482 In passing the high Alps, I had a View of the Ibex or Steinbock.
1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) I. i. 34 The origin of the domestic goat is the Stein-boc, Ibex or wild goat.
1859 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) I. 668 Of the genus Capra,..the Ibex or Steinbock is a familiar..example.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 605/2 The European ibex or steinboc (Capra ibex) abounded during the Middle Ages among the higher mountain ranges of Germany, Switzerland, and the Ural.
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