OriginFrom French isard; further derivation uncertain.
- A Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica).
“[T]hat threatening aspect with which they seemed to hang over the wandering traveller […] bid him to fear, lest even the light steps of the Izard (the Chamois of the Pyrenees), or the wild goats, who ”
Formsizards(plural) · isard(alternative) · Izards(plural)