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dīšōn דִּישֹׁן ‘ibex’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from dūš דּוּשׁ ‘to tread’
Roots: דושׁ דושׁ דישׁ

dīšōn n, m
1) a clean animal,
 1a) pygarg, a kind of antelope or gazelle
 1b) perhaps mountain goat
 1c) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 14:5

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