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urial

[ oor-ee-uhl ]

noun

  1. a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of urial1

First recorded in 1885–90, urial is from the Punjabi word hureāl
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Example Sentences

The urial and the shapu are kindred species of wild sheep (Ovis vignei), found respectively in Ladakh and the Suleiman range.

I now began gradually to pick up strength, and when near Astor I got a urial, a kind of wild sheep.

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