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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
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)
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