gaur

American  

[gou^uhr, gou-er] / gaʊər, ˈgaʊ ər /

noun

gaurs 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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Etymology

Origin of gaur

1800–10; < Hindi < Sanskrit gaura

Example Sentences

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

After we entered his office, Luttwak became momentarily absorbed by a YouTube video of a gaur, the largest bovine on earth.

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

Your brains must be one fossiliferous deposit, in which gaur and sambur, hog and tiger, rhinoceros and elephant, lie heaped together, as the old ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs are heaped in the lias rocks at Lyme. 

From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Kingsley, Charles