Definition of Oorial

1. Noun. A wild reddish-brown bearded sheep of Tibet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oorial

1. urial [n -S] - See also: urial

Medical Definition of Oorial

1. A wild, bearded sheep inhabiting the Ladakh mountains. It is reddish brown, with a dark beard from the chin to the chest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oorial

oophytes
oophytic
ooping
ooplasm
ooplasmic
oops
oopsie
oopsy
oopuhue
oor
oor kid
oorah
oorali
ooralis
oorial (current term)
oorials
oorie
oorier
ooriest
oos
oose
ooses
oosier
oosiest
oosome
oospere
oosphere

Literary usage of Oorial

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

1. Innermost Asia: Travel & Sport in the Pamirs by Ralph Patteson Cobbold (1900)
"... ibex, oorial, and red bear. The former are particularly plentiful, and during the winter can frequently be seen low down on the hillsides from the ..."

2. Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1902)
"Mountain-battery at work—Gold-washers—Off to Chilas—Futile stalk after oorial—Markhor shot—Varieties of ..."

3. Big Game Shooting by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"... is only a variety of the oorial of the Salt Range. The chief difference is in the bend of ... oorial ..."

4. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"oorial, like stags, seem to affect particular spots at that season, ... oorial ground has hitherto been practically restricted to the Salt range, ..."

5. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"oorial conceal themselves a good deal, retiring to the most secluded places, ... When fired at, oorial usually go leisurely away, stopping to gaze every now ..."

6. Khurasan and Sistan by Charles Edward Yate (1900)
"From his account it appeared that he and the leopard stalked the same herd of oorial at the same time, unknown to each other. The leopard got in first and ..."

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