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zebu

UK/ˈziː.b(j)uː/ US/ˈzɛ.b(j)uː/ uncommon

noun

1.

domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia

Origin

Borrowed from French zébu, probably from Tibetan མཛོ་པོ (mdzo po, “male bull-yak hybrid”), whence also zobo.

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