αίγαγρος — meaning in English
aigagros
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English meaning
- chamois noun A soft, absorbent piece of leather (traditionally from a goat-antelope of the same name) used for cleaning or polishing surfaces.
Senses
αίγαγρος is used for these senses in English:
- bezoar goat 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.
- chamois A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
- ibex A type of wild mountain goat of the genus Capra, such as the species Capra ibex.
chamois — full definition
- noun A soft, absorbent piece of leather (traditionally from a goat-antelope of the same name) used for cleaning or polishing surfaces.
- verb To wipe or polish something using a chamois cloth.
- adj Having a soft, pale yellowish-tan color, like chamois leather.