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huemul
[ wey-mool ]
noun
- an endangered deer, Hippocamelus bisulcus, of Chile and Argentina.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of huemul1
First recorded in 1800–10; from South American Spanish (Argentina, Chile) güemul, from Araucanian huemul
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Example Sentences
(n) Like a roebuck; supposed to be the 'Huemul' mentioned by Molina.
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I met with this animal deep inside the Cordillera, and indeed once, with consecutive shots, I killed a huemul and a guanaco.
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These wolves kill young guanaco, and I have observed them pursuing a huemul.
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So we packed up and camped that night in the end of the caadon near the spot where 165 I had shot my first huemul.
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You could see that the puma had leaped upon the huemul from a neighbouring thicket, and there had been a struggle.
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