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Beast of burden
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zebu
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A zebu (, or ; Bos primigenius indicus or Bos indicus or Bos taurus indicus ), sometimes known as indicine cattle or humped cattle , is a species or sub-species of domestic cattle originating in South Asia . Zebu are characterised by a fatty hump on their ...
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n. domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
Usage examples of zebu.
Camarines, Don Fray Francisco de Zamudio, to act as provisor until the bishop of Zebu, Don Fray Pedro de Arze, should be notified, to whom the government of this archbishopric belongs by a bull of Paul V.
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The greater part of the travellers were aware of this interruption, and, leaving the train, they began to engage such vehicles as the village could provide four-wheeled palkigharis, waggons drawn by zebus, carriages that looked like perambulating pagodas, palanquins, ponies, and what not.
Upon the car, which was drawn by four richly caparisoned zebus, stood a hideous statue with four arms, the body coloured a dull red, with haggard eyes, dishevelled hair, protruding tongue, and lips tinted with betel.
For instance, India’s zebu breeds of domestic cattle possess humps lacking in western Eurasian cattle breeds, and genetic analyses show that the ancestors of modern Indian and western Eurasian cattle breeds diverged from each other hundreds of thousands of years ago, long before any animals were domesticated anywhere.