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agrimi, n. Zool.|əgˈriːmɪ|
Pl. agrimia, agrimi, agrimis.
[mod.Gr. ἀγρίµι.]
The wild goat, Capra aegagrus, as found in Crete and depicted in Minoan art.
1865T. A. B. Spratt Travels & Researches in Crete I. i. 13 When we first sighted it [sc. Mount Ida], a group of Agrimia, a species of Ibex.., were standing motionless upon its pinnacle. 1924H. R. Hall in J. A. Hammerton Countries of World III. 1507/2 For the sportsman [Crete]..is perhaps losing its charm, as the ibex (or ‘agrimi’) is rarer than it was. 1977R. F. Willetts Civilization Anc. Crete v. 87 Over the doorway sit four heraldically placed agrimis. 1984Canad. Jrnl. Zool. LXII. 419/1 The total population of 89 agrimi was captured. 1986Jrnl. Mammal. LXVII. 757 The agrimi (Capra aegagrus cretensis Lydekker) is an endangered subspecies of wild goat that lives in reduced numbers in the White Mountains of Crete and two other small Greek islands. |
