barasingha

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Etymology

From Hindi बारहसिंगा (bārahsiṅgā), literally ‘twelve-tined’.

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Noun

barasingha (plural barasinghas or barasingha)

  1. Rucervus duvaucelii, the swamp deer.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 357:
      We could see the herd of barasinghas grazing on an open grass patch to the left of the road ahead now.

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