steinbock
(ˈstaɪnbɒk)
Also steinboc, (7 steinbokt).
[a. G. steinbock wild goat, f. stein stone n. + bock buck n.1 Cf. steenbok.]
A wild goat of the genus Ibex; the Alpine Ibex (Capra Ibex).
| 1683–4 Robinson in Phil. Trans. XXIX. 482 In passing the high Alps, I had a View of the Ibex or Steinbock. 1695 tr. Misson's Voy. to Italy I. 106 We dined..at Steertzingen, where they gave us..some Flesh of a certain Beast called Steinbokt. 1776 [see ibex]. 1859 Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 668 Of the genus Capra,..the Ibex or Steinbock is a familiar..example. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 605/2 The European ibex or steinboc (Capra ibex) abounded during the Middle Ages among the higher mountain ranges of Germany, Switzerland, and the Ural. |