Koomkie

//ˈkuːmki// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tame female elephant used as a decoy in the capture of wild male elephants.

    "When an elephant is in a proper state to be removed from the keddah, he is conducted either by koomkies or by tame males."

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"When an elephant is in a proper state to be removed from the keddah, he is conducted either by koomkies or by tame males."

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali কুমকি (kumki), from Classical Persian کمک (kumak).

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