SAMBAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sambar mean? 

• SAMBAR (noun)
  The noun SAMBAR has 1 sense:

1. a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines

  Familiarity information: SAMBAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAMBAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cervus unicolor; sambar; sambur

Hypernyms ("sambar" is a kind of...):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Holonyms ("sambar" is a member of...):

Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)

 Context examples 

Unlike the regurgitated seeds of the sambar deer, the seeds went through the elephants' digestive system and were covered by excrement.

(Thai Elephants Help Spread Jungle Fruit's Seeds, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)