sambar
noun
a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
sambur,
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a variation of
sambar.
Example Sentences
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Panther and jungle cat and cheetul and others were all represented, and with horns of the blackbuck and sambur, tastefully disposed, produced an effect that was picturesque and unique.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
Many kinds of deer are there, to be preyed upon by man or beast, from the pretty little gyi or barking deer to the lordly sambur.
From Burma Peeps at Many Lands by R. Talbot (Robert Talbot) Kelly
Two sambur had skirted the edge of the wood less than one hundred yards away, but he had missed with both shots.
From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Roy Chapman Andrews
But the belt of pitch was full to the brink with the packed bodies of the sambur, and did not look to be a very serious barrier to the spacious brown levels beyond it.
From In the Morning of Time by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
We expected from our easy hunt of the morning that it would not be difficult to get sambur, and indeed, Heller did see another in the afternoon but failed to kill it.
From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Roy Chapman Andrews
