chiru
[ chir-oo ]
noun
a goat antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, of Tibet, the male of which has very long, straight horns.
Origin of chiru
1Perhaps <Nepali jarayo
- Also called Tibetan antelope.
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British Dictionary definitions for chiru
chiru
/ (ˈtʃɪruː) /
noun
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
Origin of chiru
1C19: probably from Tibetan
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