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chir·u
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u
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noun
a goat antelope,
Pantholops hodgsoni,
of Tibet, the male of
which
has very long, straight horns.
Also called
Tibetan antelope.
Origin:
perhaps <
Nepali
jarayo
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chiru
(ˈtʃɪruː)
—
n
a Tibetan antelope,
Pantholops hodgsoni
, having a dense woolly pinkish-brown fleece prized as the source of shahtoosh wool: now close to extinction due to illegal slaughter for its fleece
[C19: probably from Tibetan]
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