burhel
Britishnoun
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In the mornings we watched the burhel coming to some hermits' cells not a hundred yards away from the camp, to be fed, and from there they went on to other cells.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
Occasionally an excursion up one of the side valleys would result in the shooting of a burhel or of a Tibetan gazelle.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
I think Blyth's name of Ovis burhel should be adopted to the exclusion of the other, which, however, is in general use.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage
I saw a good many flocks of burhel, but no very large heads.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
It was a very warm little cup, about 3 inches in diameter, composed of the finest fern and moss-roots, tiny fern-leaves, wool, and numbers of the coarse white crinkly hairs of the burhel.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian
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