zebu
pronunciation
How to pronounce zebu in British English:
UK [ˈzi:bu:]
How to pronounce zebu in American English:
US [ˈzibu, -bju]
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- Noun:
- domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia
Word Origin
- zebu (n.)
- Asiatic ox, 1774, from French zebu, ultimately of Tibetan origin. First shown in Europe at the Paris fair of 1752.
Example
- 1. Brazil imported some of its raw material from other tropical countries in the first place . Brachiaria grass came from africa . The zebu that formed the basis of brazil 's nelore cattle herd came from india .
- 2. Zebu cattle driven by afar herdsmen raise clouds of dust in the baked danakil desert near semerea , ethiopia .