stonebuckn.
/ˈstəʊnbʌk/ 1. The ibex: = steinbock n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > genus Capra > capra ibex (European ibex)
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c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) ix. 68 Hic cynyps þes stanbucca.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 51/2 Tragelaphus,..a stone~buck or goathart.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 7 Capra Ibex..The Stone-bock.
1749 G. West tr. Pindar Odes (1753) I. 253 The..branching Stone-buck bearded like a Goat.
1910 A. Hilliers Master Girl ii. 59 She could see that chamois and stone-buck had come down.
2. = steenbok n. rare. (Perhaps an error. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.)
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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
1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Stone-buck, the steinbok [1833 steenbok], an animal of the antelope kind.
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