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bezoar

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bezoar /ˈbiːzɔː, ˈbɛzəʊɑː/

▶noun

1 a small stony concretion which may form in the stomachs of certain animals, formerly used as an antidote for various ailments.

2 a wild goat with flat scimitar-shaped horns, the ancestor of the domestic goat. [Capra aegagrus.]

– origin C15: from Fr. bezoard, based on Arab. bāzahr, from Pers. pādzahr ‘antidote’.

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