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markhor
[ mahr-kawr ]
noun
plural markhors, (especially collectively) markhor.
- a wild goat, Capra falconeri, of mountainous regions from Afghanistan to India, having compressed, spiral horns and long, shaggy hair: all populations are threatened or endangered.
markhor
/ ˈmɑːkɔː; ˈmɑːkʊə /
noun
- a large wild Himalayan goat, Capra falconeri, with a reddish-brown coat and large spiralled horns
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of markhor1
C19: from Persian, literally: snake-eater, from snake + -ō eating
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On a hill, the skull of a markhor goat was nailed over a graveyard’s gate.
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Let’s say the markhor has a 73 percent chance of winning against the streaked tenrec.
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It took a few seconds to realize that the animal, a wild Astore markhor, was dead.
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“It was an easy and close shot and I am pleased to take this trophy,” Harlan told Pakistan's Dawn News, who first published a photograph of him kneeling and smiling behind a wild Astor markhor.
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“There used to be ibex, markhor goats, other wildlife,” said Hameed, 49.
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