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Asian deer
Answer for the clue "Asian deer ", 6 letters:
sambar
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Word definitions for sambar in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines [syn: sambur , Cervus unicolor ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sambar , also spelt sambhar , is a lentil -based vegetable stew or chowder based on a broth made with tamarind . It is popular in South Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil cuisines .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A southeast Asian deer, (taxlink Cervus unicolor species noshow=1). 2 A food preparation common in southern India and Sri Lanka, made of lentils (usually Pigeon pea, also called ''toor dal'') and vegetables in a spicy tamarind and lentil flour soup ...
Usage examples of sambar.
Two of them nearly ran over me once as I was squatting on a deer run waiting for sambar, which were being beaten out of a hill.
The nilgao drinks daily, the sambar only every third day, and many are shot over water.
The sambar stag, though almost equal in size, will not bear the slightest burden, but the nilgao will carry a man.
The antler then resembles the rusine type, of which our sambar stag is an example.
Even in the sambar and axis there is a tendency to throw out abnormal tines.
Orissa, both spotted deer and sambar are, I think, more than usually large.
Nobody else knew about the missing medicine man, nobody else knew about the dead sambar stag, nobody else knew that the museum was alive, or wanted to know.
They walked past the moon rock dome and into Asian Mammals, past where Burdick and Lola stood holding their breath, past the sambar stag, and out into Small Mammals.
Legate Yonge, and, with five of the men of Sambar Troop, we rode cautiously down to the Imru, past the crawling bodies of the wounded, past the corpses, trying to ignore the pleas for help or even a merciful blade between the ribs.
Hari took some sambar, milk, and a mango before they too became polluted, and left the rest to Suka, who, from his eager display and accompanying sound effects, was probably hungrier anyway.