tragelaphus

English

noun
Definitions
  • A fictional animal, half goat, half stag, used by the philosopher Aristotle as an example of something that is knowable even though it does not exist.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tragelaphus.

Origin

Latin

tragelaphus

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