hircocervus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hircus (“goat”) + cervus (“stag”).
Noun[edit]
hircocervus
- (mythology) A mythical creature, half goat, half stag.
- 2016, Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, page 158:
- A legendary creature described as being a stag and goat hybrid, the hircocervus (“he-goat stag”) is said to have appeared in medieval bestiaries but there are no specific legends about them.