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Ox of South Asia
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gayal
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (taxlink Bos frontalis species noshow=1), a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gayal \Gay"al\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle ( Bibos frontalis ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur [syn: mithan , Bibos frontalis ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The gayal ( Bos frontalis ), also known as mithun , is a large semi-domesticated bovine distributed in Northeast India , Bangladesh , northern Burma and in Yunnan , China .
Usage examples of gayal.
The usual manner employed to catch the full-grown gayal is to surround a field of corn with a strong fence.
The gayal usually goes in herds of from twenty to forty, and frequents dry valleys and the sides of hills covered with forest.
The gayals, on meeting these balls as they pass along, are attracted by their appearance and smell, and begin to lick them with their tongues, and, relishing the taste of the salt and the particular earth composing them, they never quit the place till all the balls are consumed.
This process generally goes on for three changes of the moon or for a month and a-half, during which time the tame and the wild gayals are always together, licking the decoy balls, and the Kookie, after the first day or two of their being so, makes his appearance at such a distance as not to alarm the wild ones.
By degrees he approaches nearer and nearer, until at length the sight of him has become so familiar that he can advance to stroke his tame gayals on the back and neck without frightening the wild ones.
Kookies migrate from one place to another, they always find it necessary to set fire to the huts they are about to abandon, lest the gayals should return to them from the new grounds.