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SAMBUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sambur mean?
• SAMBUR (noun)
The noun SAMBUR has 1 sense:
1. a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
Familiarity information: SAMBUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("sambur" is a kind of...):
cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)
Holonyms ("sambur" is a member of...):
Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)
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