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noun
A large wild goat, Capra falconeri, especially Capra falconeri megaceros, syn. Capra megaceros, having huge flattened spiral horns, found in the western Himalayas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: markhoor, Capra falconeri
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wild goat
History
Borrowed from Urdu مارخور (mārxor), from Persian مارخور (mârxor, literally “snake-eater”), from مار (mâr, “snake”) + خور (xor) (present stem of خوردن (xordan, “to eat”)).
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