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sambar

/sam-ber, sahm-/US // ˈsæm bər, ˈsɑm- //UK // (ˈsæmbə) //

珊巴,珊巴族,珊波尔,珊宝

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.

Examples

  • Two of them nearly ran over me once as I was squatting on a deer run waiting for sambar, which were being beaten out of a hill.

  • He rests during the day in shade, but is less of a nocturnal feeder than the sambar stag.

  • The nilgao drinks daily, the sambar only every third day, and many are shot over water.

  • The sambar stag, though almost equal in size, will not bear the slightest burden, but the nilgao will carry a man.

  • The antler then resembles the rusine type, of which our sambar stag is an example.