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tamarau
[ tah-muh-rou, tam-uh- ]
noun
- a small wild buffalo, Bubalus ( Anoa ) mindorensis, of Mindoro in the Philippines, having thick, brown hair and short, massive horns.
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Origin of tamarau1
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Origin of tamarau1
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Example Sentences
Certainly there is no other approximating the tamarau in size which is so tough.
At this time the most absurd tales about the tamarau were in circulation.
Few indeed are the men who have killed so much as a single specimen of the tamarau of Mindoro.
There is one place in Mindoro called Canturai, where tamarau may be taken with comparative ease.
The tamarau sleeps during the day, almost invariably lying down in the densest of jungle growth, facing back upon its own trail.
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