Gaur

Quick meaning: Gaur is a noun meaning An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.

Meaning

An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.

Example Sentences

Of the other ruminants the ox, buffalo, yak, goat, sheep and a few others are domestic animals, while the bison and the gaur, or so-called Indian bison, and a large number of wild goats and sheep have been neglected.

[…] I am sure that the American bison is the grandest of them all. His only rivals for the kingship are the Indian bison, or gaur (Bos gaurus), of Southern India, and the aurochs, or European bison, both of which really surpass him in height, if not in actual balk also.

Word Forms

• gaurs

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gore, remuneration, sladang, gayal, zebu, bison.

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