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SPINDLE HORN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat
Synonyms:
forest goat; Pseudoryx nghetinhensis; spindle horn
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spindle horn" is a kind of...):
bovid (hollow-horned ruminants)
Holonyms ("spindle horn" is a member of...):
genus Pseudoryx; Pseudoryx (species of large cow-like mammals of Vietnam discovered by scientists in 1992)