Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hybrid, the result of a cross between the male of the water buffalo and the female of the domesticated yak. The dzo are kept for beasts of burden and for the milk yielded by the cows.
Wiktionary
- n. A male hybrid of a yak and a domesticated cow.
Etymologies
- From Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“There is a Tibetan animal called a dzo, which is the male mixed offspring of a yak and a cow.”
General Explanation of Seven-Point Attitude-Training ��� Part Two: Points Five and Six
“A dzo is a very large animal – a cross between a yak and a cow – so in other words, we must not put the blame on others for things that we might have done ourselves.”
“Forget about snagging Mayfair in Monopoly or finally getting to play dzo in Scrabble.”
“Ri tea u vhona uri ri dikwamanya na vhathu tshifhinga tshothe uri ri kone u shumana na thodea dzavho na u vha kuvhanganya u vha mmbi ya mvusuludzo na mvelaphanda ye ra amba ngayo tshifhingani tsha khetho dzo fhiraho.”
“Zwo vha zwi nyanyulaho u vhona u shela mulenzhe he ha vha hu ngomu nga vharumelwa kha nyambedzano dzo sumbedzaho uri vhoiwe, comrades, no vhala mabambiri a nyambedzano.”
“Nga nnda ha u dzula na u thetshelesa mivhigo na zwi ambwaho kha dzikhomishini dzo fhambanaho, nne, u fana na minwe mirado ya Khorotshitumbe ya Lushaka, ndo kona u dalela na u thetshelsa zwi ambwaho kha dzinwe dzikhomishini.”
“Dzi amba nga khaedu dzo sedzanaho na vhathu vhashu - khaedu dza tsiku, thogeo ya mishumo, mvelamurahu, thogeo ya mavu, malwadze, thogeo ya ndivho, vhutshinyi, na zwinwe.”
“In other words, we are the dzo from all this training that we are doing.”
General Explanation of Seven-Point Attitude-Training ��� Part Two: Points Five and Six
“It is completely determined by its "metric" property: Let dxo, dyo, dzo, dto be the coordinate differences of two infinitesimally near points (events); then”
“Here and elsewhere the animal raised varies widely-the llama and vicuna in Peru, which thrive best at 10,000 to 13,000 feet elevation, and multiply rapidly on the _ichu_ or coarse grass which clothes the slopes of the higher Andes up to snow line; sheep, goats, yaks and herds of dzo, a useful hybrid between yak and cow, in the highland districts of Sze Chuan.”
Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dzo’.
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Curses!
May you be (a) . . . .
umbraculiform, ushabti, zemmi, vaccary, larmoyant, uvate, guignol, capripede, caseic, catapedamanic, catawamptious, upanga and 25 more...
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animal hybrids
Only actual biologically possible hybrids are allowed.
cockapoo, zonkey, liger, tigon, zorse, cama, pizzly, grolar bear, leopon, wolfphin, labradoodle, mule and 12 more...
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LYNIJOE'S LIST
ANY NEW VERY USEFUL WORDS
urari, urao, vifda, pterins, awee, nipters, novena, novenae, ilex, obiit, oobit, dzo and 6 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Alaric's Words
chelation, bradykinetic, twelfth, dank, kulak, oneiric, cathexis, yonder, quern, lissome, naiad, krakatoan and 124 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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sdb's Words
numen, dzo, iota, nemophilist
Tweets
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ruzuzu Is that dzo? Jan 4, 2012
hernesheir A sort of Tibetan beefalo. Jan 3, 2012
sonofgroucho What a dinky little word. Oct 9, 2007