bucardo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bucardo.

Noun

bucardo (plural bucardos)

1. The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica).
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 308:

     In 2008 there was an attempt to revive the Spanish bucardo, a subspecies of ibex.

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈkaɾdo/ [buˈkaɾ.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Syllabification: bu‧car‧do

Noun

bucardo m (plural bucardos)

1. Pyrenean ibex

Further reading

• “bucardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025