Definition of "bharal" in Englisch

noun

1. A blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).

   • 1997, A. David, Shivakumar, Animal World, page 52, The bharal or the Blue Sheep also is a Tibetan animal found in Ladakh, Sikkim and Nepal. It is about 90 cm. high. The bharal is brownish-grey in colour, tinted with slaty-blue, more brown in summer and more slaty-blue in winter.
   • 2013, Q. Ashton Acton (general editor), Advances in Conservation Research and Application, 2013 Edition, page 142, Among the wild prey, bharal (blue sheep/naur) Pseudois nayaur was by far the most common species (92%).