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chiru [ˈtʃɪruː]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, having a dense woolly pinkish-brown fleece prized as the source of shahtoosh wool: now close to extinction due to illegal slaughter for its fleece

[probably from Tibetan]

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chiru (redirected from Tibetan antelope)

chiru
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