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‖ bouquetin|bukətæ̃, ˈbuːkətɪn|
[F. bouquetin, app. for bouc-estain, ad. Pr. 15th c. bocstagn, Ger. stein-bock.]
An animal of the Goat tribe, inhabiting Switzerland; the ibex, or steinbock.
1783W. F. Martyn Geog. Mag. II. 312 The..animals..peculiar to this country [Switzerland] are the bouquetin and the chamois. 1824Campbell Theodric 9 Heights browsed by the bounding bouquetin. 1882Cornh. Mag. Jan. 56 I'm off to the Pyrenees to shoot bears and bouquetins. |