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Definition of Gayal
1. Noun. Ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated breed of the gaur.
Group relationships: Bibos, Genus Bibos
Generic synonyms: Asian Wild Ox
Definition of Gayal
1. n. A Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle (Bibos frontalis).
Definition of Gayal
1. Noun. ''Bibos frontalis'', a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gayal
1. a domesticated ox [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gayal
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gayal
Literary usage of Gayal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"gayal (Bos frontalis)—These wild kine are plentiful in parts of the Chittagong
hilly districts, and extend into the interior to Muni- pore ; a few exist in ..."
2. A Monograph of the Genus Bos: The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and by George Vasey (1857)
"In reference to the case of Mr. Bird's gayal breeding with the common Zebu, I
may observe that this proves nothing beyond the bare fact stated; no inference ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"There existed a paper on the gayal in the second volume of the Asiatic Researches;
but in the Eighth, 1808, a more complete description is produced through ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"The wild animals found in this District include the elephant, rhinoceros, bison,
deer, goat, tiger, bear, monkey, etc. The domestic animals are the gayal, ..."
5. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"The gayal is of a much milder disposition than the gaur, and is extensively
domesticated, and on the frontiers of Assam is considered a valuable property by ..."
6. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"The Oriental further resembles the Ethiopian Region in the variety of its forms
of Ungulates, although they are not FIG. 25.—THE gayal. ..."
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