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Definition of Markhoor
1. Noun. Large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns.
Definition of Markhoor
1. n. A large wild goat (Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere.
Definition of Markhoor
1. Noun. A large wild goat (''Capra megaceros''), having huge flattened spiral horns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Markhoor
1. markhor [n -S] - See also: markhor
Medical Definition of Markhoor
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Markhoor
Literary usage of Markhoor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Innermost Asia: Travel & Sport in the Pamirs by Ralph Patteson Cobbold (1900)
"In winter it is cold but dry and bright, and the surrounding nullahs abound in game.
Among other animals found in the vicinity are markhoor, ibex, ..."
2. The Rifle in Cashmere: A Narrative of Shooting Expeditions in Ladak by Arthur Brinckman (1862)
"Remarks on Sporting Fire-arms—Coolies—Supplies—Tents— What to Drink,
&c.—Dress—Medicines—Grass Shoes—Hunting-pole— markhoor Shooting — Tricks of ..."
3. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... spir- '-ly twisted, as in the markhoor, or with a peculiar outward curvature
twist, as in the Sheep ; the horns themselves being frequently Fig. im. ..."
4. In Northern Spain by Hans Gadow (1897)
"... the markhoor, Kashmir, are goats with doubly curved or with lyre-shaped
horns (in the markhoor with spirally twisted horns), but without prominent ..."
5. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"... spirally twisted, as in the markhoor, or with a peculiar outward curvature
and twist, as in the Sheep; the horns themselves being frequently Fig. 1aaa. ..."
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