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gaur
noun
: a large wild ox (Bos gaurus) of India and southeast Asia with a broad forehead and short thick curved horns
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In the Anaimalai Hills, enormous gaur move between tea estates and patches of rain forest.
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Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
Standing incongruously in narrow pathways among tea bushes were three gigantic gaur: Indian bison, six feet at the shoulder and weighing more than a ton.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
Standing incongruously in narrow pathways among tea bushes were three gigantic gaur: Indian bison, six feet at the shoulder and weighing more than a ton.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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“Gaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaur. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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