tahr
/tahr/US // tɑr //UK // (tɑː) //
稊米
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus, introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
Examples
The male tahr is about the same size as the ibex, but rather more heavily made.
It is a large and powerful beast, considerably larger than a tahr, and longer in the leg.
Cheetah is from some East Indian tongue, as is tahr, the name of the wild goat of the Himalayas.
Though not an ibex, the sportsmen of India early gave this name to the tahr of the Nilgiri and Anamalai hills.
The tahr is fairly common all along the higher Himalayan Range.
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