Definition of Goral

1. Noun. Small goat antelope with small conical horns; of southern Asian mountains.

Exact synonyms: Naemorhedus Goral
Generic synonyms: Goat Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Naemorhedus, Naemorhedus

Definition of Goral

1. n. An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois.

Definition of Goral

1. Noun. A type of Asian ungulate ruminant, now defined as any of several species of the genus ''Nemorhaedus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goral

1. a goat antelope [n -S]

Medical Definition of Goral

1. An Indian goat antelope (Nemorhedus goral), resembling the chamois. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goral

gophered
gophering
gopherlike
gophers
gopherspace
gopherwood
gopik
gopping
gopura
gopuram
gopurams
gopuras
gor
gora
goracco
goral (current term)
gorals
goramies
goramy
goras
gorbellies
gorbelly
gorblimey
gorblimy
gorce
gorceixite
gorces
gorcock
gorcocks
gorcrow

Literary usage of Goral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Camps and Trails in China: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport by Roy Chapman Andrews, Yvette Borup Andrews (1918)
"When the hunters were carrying the goral to camp we met Yvette and Heller on ... One of the natives cut a leafy branch, placed the goral upon it and at the ..."

2. The Indian Forester (1905)
"On turning, however, to Blanford's " Mammals of British India," we find the goral described as a brownish ruminant (with a tendency to grey) characterised ..."

3. Camps and Trails in China: A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport by Roy Chapman Andrews, Yvette Borup Andrews (1918)
"Their color made them practically invisible against the rocks and when I killed the second goral my only distinct impression as he dashed down the face of ..."

4. Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's "great Northwest," by Roy Chapman Andrews (1921)
"... ROEBUCK, AND goral After the first day we left the "American Legation" and moved camp to one of two villages at the upper end of the valley about a mile ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1834)
"Mr. Hodgson remarks that Antilope goral, Hardw., ... Ant. goral, Hardw. Characters extremely Caprine, being allied to Antilope only by its round and ringed ..."

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