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Definition of Bharal
1. Noun. Any of a genus (Pseudois) of goatlike bovid mammals of the Himalayas and western China having a bluish-grey coat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bharal
1. a goatlike Asian mammal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bharal
Literary usage of Bharal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"bharal are never found below an elevation of about 10000 feet above the ...
In general habits, the bharal is intermediate between other Sheep and the Goats; ..."
2. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"Having horns not unlike those of the East Caucasian tur, the bharal, or blue
sheep of Tibet, differs from the goats by the absence of a beard and a strong ..."
3. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"The blue sheep, bharal or ... bharal close, and strikingly marked about the face
and andA°ud'ld- front. Still more intermediate between sheep and goats ..."
4. The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of by Perceval Landon, Herbert James Walton, William Frederick Travers O'Connor, Francis Edward Younghusband (1905)
"The bharal is a wonderful climber; even quite young ones negotiate the most ...
bharal mutton, except that of old males, is very well flavored, ..."
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