bharal
or bur·rhel
[ bur-uhl ]
noun
a wild sheep, Pseudois nahoor, of Tibet and adjacent mountainous regions, having goatlike horns that curve backward.
Origin of bharal
1Borrowed into English from Hindi around 1830–40
- Also called blue sheep.
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How to use bharal in a sentence
Riding back we saw some burrhel on the opposite hills, too far off to make a successful stalk possible.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerIn Asia it should include the great Indian rhinoceros and its allied species, the burrhel, the Nilgiri tahr and the gayal.
Our Vanishing Wild Life | William T. Hornaday
British Dictionary definitions for bharal
bharal
burhel
/ (ˈbʌrəl) /
noun
a wild Himalayan sheep, Pseudois nayaur, with a bluish-grey coat and round backward-curving horns
Origin of bharal
1Hindi
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