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Sambur

noun
1.
A deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines.  Synonyms: Cervus unicolor, sambar.





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"Sambur" Quotes from Famous Books



... we have a distinct species of Sambur Deer; in Timor a smaller one; a third exists in Java; and a fourth in the Philippines. In Java, too, we find the beautiful little Muntjak; and another tiny variety in China, called the ...
— Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found - A Book of Zoology for Boys • Mayne Reid
... among tigers. One will lie in water all day, and never venture forth till the sun has sunk behind the western hills; another prowls boldly by day. Some prey on forest beasts—chiefly the spotted cheetah and sambur-stag; others, again, mark out domestic animals. And last comes the tigress with clamorous cubs, who suddenly learns by accident or impulse that man, hitherto so feared, is in reality the easiest prey ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 • Various


Words linked to "Sambur" :   genus Cervus, cervid, Cervus, deer, sambar


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