Phrase guide

bezoar goat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /biː.zɔː ɡəʊt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /biː.zɔː ɡɔʊt/
  • General-American: /ˈbi.zɔɹ ɡoʊt/
  • General-American: [ˈbi.zɔɹ ɡoʊʔ(t̚)]
  • General-American: [ˈbi.zɔɹ ɡoʊ(ʔ)t̚]

1

noun

Meaning 1

A wild goat, Capra aegagrus, native to Asia Minor and the Middle East and also found on Crete, now believed ancestral to the domestic goat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pasang, Capra aegagrus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild goat

History

Etymology

From bezoar and goat.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 野山羊 (yěshānyáng) — wild goat
  • Esperanto: natura kapro — wild goat
  • Estonian: pulstikkits — wild goat
  • French: chèvre égagre — wild goat
  • Georgian: ნიამორი (niamori) — wild goat
  • German: Wildziege — wild goat
  • Greek: αίγαγρος (aígagros) — wild goat
  • Japanese: パサン (pasan) — wild goat
  • Korean: 들염소 (deuryeomso) — wild goat
  • Ukrainian: безоа́ровий козе́л (bezoárovyj kozél) — wild goat
  • Ukrainian: козе́л звича́йний (kozél zvyčájnyj) — wild goat