bucardo

noun

bu·​car·​do bü-ˈkär-(ˌ)dō 

plural bucardos

: pyrenean ibex

The last bucardo died in an accident last year, but Spanish scientists have preserved some of its cells.

—Julie Anderson, Omaha World Herald, 12 Jan. 2001

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Spanish, borrowed from Aragonese, from earlier buco "male goat, male ibex" (borrowed from Germanic or Celtic *bukk-) + -ardo (in sisardo, chizardo "chamois," taken as a suffix)

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

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