markhor
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of markhor
1865–70; < Persian mārkhōr literally, serpent-eater, equivalent to mār snake + -khōr eating; cf. manticore
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On a hill, the skull of a markhor goat was nailed over a graveyard’s gate.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
It's also a habitat for black bears and wolves, as well as urials, a type of sheep, and the Sulaiman markhor, a large species of wild goat.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2018
Officials have yet to say how many markhor will be protected in the newly established, 66-square-kilometer Tatakuti Wildlife Sanctuary.
From Scientific American ● May 16, 2012
Not everyone agrees that that Kashmir’s markhor is its own subspecies.
From Scientific American ● May 16, 2012
The walls were adorned with the trophies of the chase: heads of elk, markhor, ibex, haartebeest and waterbuck; great lions and snarling tigers; mouflon from Cyprus, and the white leopard of the Himalayas.
From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles
The ibexes, markhors, tahr and all the wild sheep eventually will be shot out by sportsmen who are "sheep crazy."
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
White Mountain Goat.—I never have had any opportunity to study at length, in the wilds, the mental traits of the markhors, ibexes, gorals or serows.
From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple
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