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Gaur  n.  (Spelt also gour)  (Zool.) An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bibos gauris), of large size and an untamable disposition.






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"Gaur" Quotes from Famous Books



... an' wad ye rax his craig, When our daughter is fey for a man? Gae, gaur the loun marry our muckle-mou'd Meg Or we'll ne'er get the jaud aff our han'!" "Od! hear our gudewife, she wad fain save your life; Wat Scott, will ye marry or hang?" But Meg's muckle mou set young Wat's heart agrue. Wat swore to the woodie he'd gang. ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various

... Manis pentadactyla 480 Dentition of Dormouse (magnified) Appendix A Myoxus Appendix A Osteology of the skull of Platanista Gangetica Appendix B The Slow Loris Appendix C Osteology of the feet of Pig, or African deerlet; Javan deerlet; Roebuck; Sheep; Camel Appendix C Gaur Appendix C ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale

... stood to the roaring tiger, he stood to the charging gaur; His was the love of the hunting which is more than the lust of war; He knew the troubles of tracking, the business of camps and kits, And the pleasure that pays for the pain of all—the ultimate shot ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 8th, 1920 • Various



Words linked to "Gaur" :   genus Bibos, Bibos gaurus, Bibos, Asian wild ox



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