chiru

[ chir-oo ]

noun
  1. a goat antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, of Tibet, the male of which has very long, straight horns.

Origin of chiru

1
Perhaps <Nepali jarayo
  • Also called Tibetan antelope.

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chiru

/ (ˈtʃɪruː) /


noun
  1. a Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, having a dense woolly pinkish-brown fleece prized as the source of shahtoosh wool: now close to extinction due to illegal slaughter for its fleece

Origin of chiru

1
C19: probably from Tibetan

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