Barometz

bar′o-metz, n. the hairy prostrate stem of a fern found near the Caspian Sea, at one time supposed to be at once plant and animal, to grow on a stalk, and to eat gra like a lamb, .; hence also called, as by Mandeville, the Scythian Lamb . [Erroneous form of Ru . baranetz , dim. of bar an , ram.] IMG:c161_mbers_1908_Barons_Coronet.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail:Chambers_1908_Barons_Coronet.png-250px-Chambers_1908_Barons_Coronet.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail