gayal

/guh-yahl/US // gəˈyɑl //UK // (ɡəˈjæl) //

伽倻琴,伽耶尔,伽利略

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ga·yals, ga·yal.
- : an ox, Bibos frontalis, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, sometimes considered to be a domesticated breed of the gaur.

The usual manner employed to catch the full-grown gayal is to surround a field of corn with a strong fence.
The animal here alluded to is another species of Gayal found wild in the hills of Chatgaon.
According to this gentleman the Gayal lives to the age of twenty or twenty-five years, and reaches its full growth at five years.
It rarely quits the mountain tract of the south-east frontier, and never mixes with the Gobbay, or village Gayal of the plains.
The representation of the Gayal here given was taken from a living specimen in the Zoological Gardens, 1846.