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OP bezoar
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5Fr b=zoard < Sp bezoar < Ar bazahr < Pers padzahr < pad, protecting (against) + zahr, poison6 a concretion found in the stomach or intestines of some animals, esp. ruminants, and sometimes humans, formerly thought to be an antidote for poisons
Dear WW: as above, note that the hairy ones were not in original mentions.
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