serow

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I give it in extenso The serow is an ungainly-looking animal, combining the characteristics of the cow, the donkey, the pig, and the goat!

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  1. noun Any of several goat antelopes of the genus Capricornis of mountainous regions of eastern Asia, having short horns and a dark coat.

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  • I give it in extenso The serow is an ungainly-looking animal, combining the characteristics of the cow, the donkey, the pig, and the goat! —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • Although very shy and difficult to find, the serow is a fierce and dangerous brute when wounded and brought to bay. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • Of course they had to find something, so this time they found a "serow"--a somewhat scarce beast. —  A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
  • Who ever heard of Fostum Sahib, or Yankling Sahib, or even the little Peel Sahib that sits up of nights to shoot serow--I say, who, ever heard of these Sahibs coming into the hills without a down-country cook, and a bearer, and--and all manner of well-paid, high-handed and oppressive folk in their tail? —  Kim
  • Kim heard tales of shots missed upon ibex, serow, or markhor, by Sahibs twenty years in their graves--every detail lighted from behind like twigs on tree-tops seen against lightning. —  Kim
 

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