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Asian goatlike animal
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serow
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thar \Thar\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A goatlike animal ( Capra Jemlaica ) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow ...
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n. short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The serows ( or ) are six species of medium-sized goat -like or antelope -like mammals of the genus Capricornis . All six species of serow were until recently also classified under Naemorhedus , which now only contains the gorals . They live in central ...
Usage examples of serow.
Although very shy and difficult to find, the serow is a fierce and dangerous brute when wounded and brought to bay.
The results indicated that the scalp had been manufactured from the skin of the serow, a goat-like Himalayan antelope.
Irsk delegation had encamped behind some brush in an indentation only a few yards from where the serow had been at rest.
Who ever heard of Fostum Sahib, or Yankling Sahib, or even the little Peel Sahib that sits up of nights to shoot serow - I say, who, ever heard of these Sahibs coming into the hills without a down-country cook, and a bearer, and - and all manner of well-paid, high-handed and oppressive folk in their tail?
Kim heard tales of shots missed upon ibex, serow, or markhor, by Sahibs twenty years in their graves - every detail lighted from behind like twigs on tree-tops seen against lightning.