bharal

bharal
/berr"euhl/, n.
a wild sheep, Pseudois nahoor, of Tibet and adjacent mountainous regions, having goatlike horns that curve backward.
Also, burrhel. Also called blue sheep.
[1830-40; < Hindi]

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