urial
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of urial
First recorded in 1885–90, urial is from the Punjabi word hureāl
Example Sentences
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“In the case of the U.S., even though the urial was killed in Pakistan, we’re allowed to use the Endangered Species Act to prosecute.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023
Attorney’s office said Bruce paid Ali $50,000 to hunt a Ladakh urial, an endangered horned sheep, in Pakistan.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023
At the same time some native wildlife like Tibetan antelope or Ladakh urial are disappearing from the region’s landscape.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Cheetahs have been forced to survive on urial and ibex--mountain sheep and mountain goats--which are impossible to chase on steep, stony slopes.
From Time Magazine Archive
I now began gradually to pick up strength, and when near Astor I got a urial, a kind of wild sheep.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
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