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markhor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun markhor has 1 sense
- markhor(n = noun.animal) capra falconeri, markhoor - large Himalayan goat with large spiraled horns; Array is a kind of wild goat
CIDE DICTIONARY
markhor, n. [Per. mār-kh snake eater.].
A large wild goat (Capra falconeri syn. Capra megaceros ), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
markhor, n. a large spiral-horned wild goat, Capra falconeri, of N. India.
Etymology
Pers. mar-kwar f. mar serpent + kwar -eating
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