Plural of aegagrus; referring to multiple wild goats, particularly the bezoar goat species found in the Middle East and Central Asia.
From Latin 'aegagrus' (wild goat), borrowed from Greek 'aigagros,' which appears in ancient Greek natural history texts. The term is also connected to the concept of bezoar stones found in these animals' stomachs.
Ancient Greeks were fascinated by wild goats because they were sources of bezoar stones—mysterious hard objects in their stomachs that Europeans later believed were magical cure-alls worth more than gold!
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