wudu-bucca

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wudu-bucca, m.n: wild goat (male). (WUH-duh-BUCK-ah / ˈwʌ-dʌ-ˌbʌk-ka)

Medieval manuscript image of a wild goat next to a small tree or shrub, with its head turned back over its shoulder and one of its forefeet lifted in the air.
Bestiary; France, c. 1240; Bibliothèque Municipale de Chalon-sur-Saône, MS 14, f. 82r. [portail.biblissima.fr]

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