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bezoar

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bezoar

Hardened mass occasionally found in the stomach or intestines of ruminating animals, such as goats, llamas, antelopes, and cows. They appear to be formed through the presence of some irritating substance in the alimentary tract.
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All this coast is much infested with ravenous beasts, monkeys, and serpents, of which last here are some seven feet in length, and thicker than an ordinary man; in the head of this serpent is found a stone about the bigness of an egg, resembling bezoar, and of great efficacy, as it is said, against all kinds of poison.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
The bezoar, that was found in the heart of the Arabian deer, was a charm that could cure the plague.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
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