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gayal
[ guh-yahl ]
noun
, plural ga·yals, (especially collectively) ga·yal.
- an ox, Bibos frontalis, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, sometimes considered to be a domesticated breed of the gaur.
gayal
/ ɡəˈjæl /
noun
- an ox of India and Myanmar, Bibos frontalis, possibly a semidomesticated variety of gaur, black or brown with white stockings
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gayal1
First recorded in 1780–90, gayal is from the Bengali word gayāl
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gayal1
C19: from Bengali gayāl, from Sanskrit gāŭra; compare gaur
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Example Sentences
The usual manner employed to catch the full-grown gayal is to surround a field of corn with a strong fence.
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The animal here alluded to is another species of Gayal found wild in the hills of Chatgaon.
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According to this gentleman the Gayal lives to the age of twenty or twenty-five years, and reaches its full growth at five years.
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It rarely quits the mountain tract of the south-east frontier, and never mixes with the Gobbay, or village Gayal of the plains.
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The representation of the Gayal here given was taken from a living specimen in the Zoological Gardens, 1846.
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