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burhel

burhel is the archaic spelling of bharal.

Meaning of bharal

Noun

bharal (plural bharals or bharal)

  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).
    • On the way we disturbed the peace of three bharals and the female of a snow-cock ; the latter, with her brood hardly a week old, rose almost from my feet as I clambered round a rock tower.1955, The Alpine Journal, volume 60, page 262
    Synonyms:
    blue sheep, Himalayan blue sheep, naur

Forms of burhel

pluralburhels

Questions about burhel

What is burhel the archaic spelling of?
Burhel is the archaic spelling of bharal.

Words near burhel in the dictionary

  1. burh
  2. Burhan
  3. Burhanpur
  4. burhead
  5. burheads
  6. burhel
  7. burhels
  8. burhinid
  9. burhinids
  10. Burhou
  11. burhs

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