sambar

Examples

• All

• In the case of a sambar, one member of the party then takes blood with cupped hands and throws it up.

  Academic text (1993)

• Data on two bands suggest that they take about three wild pigs a year, and less often, a sambar.

  Academic text (1993)

• Immediately after the kill, the sambar or pig is moved to a sufficiently open spot.

  Academic text (1993)

• (a) When a call goes up that tracks of an injured pig or sambar have been found, all who elect to participate join in.

  Academic text (1993)

• When the electricity generator is switched off late at night, Sambar deer move under the cover of darkness onto the grassy areas to graze.

  Academic text (2008)

• (b) In smaller Paliyan bands, there is a regular way by means of which two or three married couples with dogs can ambush sambar.

  Academic text (1993)

• Sambar liver is always roasted, and for rats and squirrels, a few minutes on the coals may suffice.

  Academic text (1993)

• The newborns of sambar, pig, chevrotain, giant squirrel, and langur are eaten for medicinal as well as subsistence purposes.

  Academic text (1993)

• Our finds included barking deer, a musk deer the size of a big dog, sambar, a large deer with three-pointed antlers, wild boar, and giant panda.

  Academic text (1991)

• During the safari, we spotted a majestic sambar deer grazing quietly near the riverbank.

Synonyms

S

sambur

vssambar

• Indian

9.9

A large deer from South Asia with antlers that have three points

is the common standard name rather than a spelling variant

C

Cervus unicolor

vssambar

• Specialized

9.9

A large deer from southern and southeast Asia with antlers that have three points

is the everyday common name rather than the formal Latin name

Surface Forms

Etymology