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YAK

A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the tall plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, beautiful hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for another purposes in India and China. There are different domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc. Yak lace, a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak. Origin: Thibetan gyag. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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