sambar

sam·bar

 (săm′bər, säm′-)

n.

Any of various large deer of the genus Cervus, especially C. unicolor of southern Asia, having a dark brown coat and, in the male, large antlers usually with three points.

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[Hindi sāmbar, from Sanskrit śambaraḥ.]

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sambar

(ˈsæmbə) ,

sambhur

or

sambur

n, pl -bars, -bar, -burs or -bur

(Animals) a S Asian deer, Cervus unicolor, with three-tined antlers

[C17: from Hindi, from Sanskrit śambarra, of obscure origin]

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sambar

(ˈsæmbə) or

sambhar

n

(Cookery) a southern Indian dish consisting of lentils and vegetables cooked with tamarind and other spices

[from Tamil]

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sam•bar

or sam•bur

(ˈsæm bər, ˈsɑm-)

n.

an Asian deer, Cervusunicolor, with three-pointed antlers.

[1690–1700; < Hindi < Skt śambara]

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1.

sambar - a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines Cervus unicolor, sambur cervid, deer - distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers Cervus, genus Cervus - the type genus of the Cervidae

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