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yak (1)

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yak1 /yak, jæk

▸ noun

(plural same or yaks)

a large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in Tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.

Genus Bos, family Bovidae; the domesticated B. grunniens, descended from the wild B. mutus, which rarely is still found at high altitude.

– ORIGIN late 18th century : from Tibetan gyag.

yak (1) — ONAD · Shobdo