goral

[gawr-uh l, gohr-]

noun

a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.

Origin of goral

1825–35; perhaps ≪ Sanskrit gaura, gaur

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Examples from the Web for goral

A moment later we heard the goral leaping down the cliff not a hundred yards away.
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I was perfectly sure that the goral would try to steal out, and in two or three minutes his head appeared.
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He tried to show the animals to me and at last I caught sight of what I thought was a goral standing on a narrow ledge.
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After each dog had had a taste of the goral's blood we again climbed the cliff at the end of the meadow.
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The goral is a little mountain antelope, much like the chamois, only with straight horns.
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British Dictionary definitions for goral

goral

noun

a small goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, inhabiting mountainous regions of S Asia. It has a yellowish-grey and black coat and small conical horns

Word Origin for goral

C19: from Hindi, probably of Sanskrit origin

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