tragelaphus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

tragelaphus tragelaphi

Etymology

From Latin tragelaphus.

Derived words

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