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markhor
 
SYLLABICATION:mar·khor
PRONUNCIATION:  märkôr
NOUN: A large, wild Himalayan goat (Capra falconeri) having a reddish-brown coat, spirally curved horns, and a long mane in the male.
ETYMOLOGY:Persian mrkhr : mr, snake (from Avestan mairiia-, treacherous; see mel-3 in Appendix I) + -khr, eater (from Old Iranian *-khvra; see manticore).
 
 
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