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Zebu

//ˈziː.b(j)uː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa, having a large fleshy hump on its back and a dewlap (Bos taurus indicus).
  2. 2
    domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Tibetan མཛོ (mdzo) Classical Tibetan པོ (po) Classical Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po) Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po)bor.? French zébubor. English zebu Borrowed from French zébu, probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull–yak hybrid”), whence also zobo.

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