gayal
Americannoun
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gayals,
plural
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gayal
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gayal
First recorded in 1780–90, gayal is from the Bengali word gayāl
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The three species—gaur, gayal and banteng—inhabit Indo-Malayan countries, and all of them are dark brown with white stockings.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
Next to the gayal is the Gam—also a forest-dwelling ox, of large size; and, like the other, browsing upon the leaves and twigs of trees.
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by William Harvey
The usual manner employed to catch the full-grown gayal is to surround a field of corn with a strong fence.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
The gayal is of a much milder disposition than the gaur, and is extensively domesticated, and on the frontiers of Assam is considered a valuable property by the people.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
"P.S.—Do any of the Eastern Bengal races call this mithun gayal?"
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
On discovering a herd of wild gayals in the jungle they prepare a number of balls, the size of a man's head, composed of a particular kind of earth, salt and cotton.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
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