goral

[ gawr-uhl, gohr- ]

noun

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

goral

/ ˈɡɔːrəl /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of goral¹

1825–35; perhaps ≪ Sanskrit gaura, gaur

Word History and Origins

Origin of goral¹

C19: from Hindi, probably of Sanskrit origin

Example Sentences

We would arrive to see the hounds dancing about the burrow yelping excitedly instead of having a goral at bay as we had expected.

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One of the natives cut a leafy branch, placed the goral upon it and at the first cut chanted a prayer.

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A moment later we heard the goral leaping down the cliff not a hundred yards away.

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We had not gone a hundred yards when the hunter shouted that a goral was running in our direction.

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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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