chiru

noun

ˈchir-(ˌ)ü 

: an antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) chiefly of the Tibetan Plateau having a pinkish-fawn wooly coat and in the male long nearly straight horns

Examples of chiru in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now only about 100,000 to 150,000 chiru can be found on the Tibetan Plateau. — Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2017

Less engrossing is time spent with the chiru, a type of antelope, filmed in the Kekexili National Nature Reserve. — The News-Herald, The Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2017

Word History

Etymology

probably of Tibeto-Burman origin

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above