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{
"bezoar":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various calculi found chiefly in the gastrointestinal organs and formerly believed to possess magical properties":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u0113-\u02ccz\u022fr",
"\u02c8b\u0113-\u02ccz\u014d(\u0259)r, -\u02ccz\u022f(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The wild ancestor of today\u2019s domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus), the bezoar (C. aegagrus), was their primary prey. \u2014 Michael Price, Science | AAAS , 7 June 2021",
"Early modern royals acquired exotic natural artifacts such as bezoars \u2014digestive stones produced in the intestines of large ruminants and believed to possess healing qualities. \u2014 Andrew Katzenstein, The New York Review of Books , 25 Nov. 2019",
"No scientific evidence exists for any curative properties of bezoars . \u2014 Peter Yeung, National Geographic , 22 Mar. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic dialect bezuw\u0101r , from Arabic b\u0101zahr , from Persian p\u0101d-zahr , from p\u0101d protecting (against) + zahr poison":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1577, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-094659"
},
"bezique":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a card game similar to pinochle that is played with a pack of 64 cards":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259-\u02c8z\u0113k"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French b\u00e9sique":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172821"
},
"bezoar antelope":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": black buck":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202700"
}
}