| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| markhor |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mar·khor |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  mär kôr |
| 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 m rkh r : mr, snake (from Avestan mairiia-, treacherous; see mel-3 in Appendix I) + -khr, eater (from Old Iranian *-khvra; see manticore).
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