timarau
Americannoun
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Like his father, he hunted big game and captured big headlines on spectacular safaris; he shot tapirs and jaguars in Brazil's Matto Grosso, became the first American to bag a panda, hunted timarau in the Philippines, spotted blue sheep and golden monkeys in Asia.
From Time Magazine Archive
The timarau is another small species of buffalo, very wild and entirely untamable; and, though numerous in certain places, is hard to find, and when brought to bay dies fighting.
From Project Gutenberg
And they were prouder of the timarau heads in the study than of the Ifugao spears that had been thrown at them and brought back by Angel as souvenirs.
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I'd like to take them to Mindoro Island, south of here, to hunt timarau.
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In the Philippines, you'll hunt timarau, which are a special breed of wild water buffalo.
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