chiru
noun
: an antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) chiefly of the Tibetan Plateau having a pinkish-fawn wooly coat and in the male long nearly straight horns
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Now only about 100,000 to 150,000 chiru can be found on the Tibetan Plateau.
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Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2017
Less engrossing is time spent with the chiru, a type of antelope, filmed in the Kekexili National Nature Reserve.
—The News-Herald, The Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2017
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Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2017
Less engrossing is time spent with the chiru, a type of antelope, filmed in the Kekexili National Nature Reserve.
—The News-Herald, The Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2017
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“Chiru.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chiru. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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