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bharal

American

[bur-uhl] / ˈbɜr əl /

Or burrhel

noun

a wild sheep, Pseudois nahoor, of Tibet and adjacent mountainous regions, having goatlike horns that curve backward.

bharal British

/ ˈbʌrəl /

noun

a wild Himalayan sheep, Pseudois nayaur , with a bluish-grey coat and round backward-curving horns

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Etymology

Origin of bharal

Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1830–40

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This same bharal has the goat-like habit of raising itself upon its hind legs before butting.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various

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