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Definition of Burhel
1. n. The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).
Definition of Burhel
1. a blue Himalayan sheep [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burhel
Literary usage of Burhel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1902)
"... Tibetan gazelle—Aggravating habits of same—An exciting crawl, and death of a
gun—Another crawl and a stern chase—Death of another goa—burhel sighted—And ..."
2. Bullet and Shot in Indian Forest, Plain and Hill: With Hints to Beginners in by Charles Edward Mackintosh Russell (1900)
"The habitat of the burhel in the Himalayas is from Ladakh to ... burhel are found
at as high an elevation as 17000 feet, and Colonel Heber Percy has seen ..."
3. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"I think Blyth's name of Ovis burhel should be adopted.' On reference, however,
to Blyth's account in the ' Proceedings Zoo. Soc. ..."
4. The Marches of Hindustan: The Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan by David Fraser (1907)
"... and so that ram roams in Thibet to this day. Of course the burhel were gone,
and though I tramped the mountains until dusk we saw never another hoof. ..."
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