gaur

American  

[gou^uhr, gou-er] / gaʊər, ˈgaʊ ər /

noun

• gaurs,
  plural
• gaur
  plural

1. a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.

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gaur British  

/ ɡaʊə /

noun

1. a large wild member of the cattle tribe, Bos gaurus, inhabiting mountainous regions of S Asia

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• gaur
  plural
• gaurs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of gaur

1800–10; < Hindi < Sanskrit gaura

Example Sentences

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gaur gaurs

Three other species have been cloned for conservation: a Przewalski’s horse named Kurt, and two types of Southeast Asian cattle under threat, the gaur and the banteng.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 11, 2022

Ah!” – and pointed to his desktop background, a picture of himself feeding and petting an enormous gaur in the Indian state of Nagaland.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2015

In the first hunting lesson, she typically selects a smaller form of prey—a chital, for example, rather than big game like gaur or water buffalo.

From Slate ● May 10, 2013

Stuart said the same approach could be applied to a variety of species in Asia, including the wild water buffalo, several types of primates and the gaur, the world's largest cattle.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2010

I also received a letter through the columns of The Asian from "Snapshot," vouching for the existence of the gaur in the Darjeeling Terai.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale

Anteaters, hedgehoglike animals called tenrecs, and rabbitlike hyraxes are doing fine, but gaurs, sloth bears, Bactrian camels, and bearded pigs are not.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2016

Cows have given birth to gaurs before, but this is the first time that one animal species is acting as surrogate mother to a clone--an exact genetic duplicate--of a different species.

From Time Magazine Archive