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sambur

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sam⋅bar

  [sam-ber, sahm-]
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–noun
a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
Also, sambur, sambhar, sambhur.

Origin:
1690–1700; < Hindi < Skt śambara
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sam·bar also sam·bur   (sām'bər, säm'-)   
n.  A large deer (Cervus unicolor) of southern Asia, having three-tined antlers and a reddish-brown coat.

[Hindi sāmbar, from Sanskrit śambaraḥ.]
sam·bur   (sām'bər, säm'-)   
n.  Variant of sambar.
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