bezoar

bezoar
[ˈbiːzɔː, ˈbɛzəʊɑː]
noun
  1. a small stony concretion which may form in the stomachs of certain animals, especially ruminants, and which was once used as an antidote for various ailments
    毛粪石,胃石,牛黄,马宝
  2. a wild goat with flat scimitar-shaped horns, found from Greece to Pakistan. It is the ancestor of the domestic goat and is the best-known source of the above stony concretions
    野山羊
  3. Capra aegagrus, family Bovidae
    拉丁名Capra aegagrus,牛科
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (the general sense 'stone or concretion'): from French bezoard, based on Arabic bāzahr, bādizahr, from Persian pādzahr 'antidote'
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