zebu

Jan. 19th, 2012 07:14 am
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zebu (ZEE-boo) - n., a domesticated cattle of south Asia and eastern Africa with a large shoulder hump and a dewlap.


Bred originally in India, and also called Brahmin cattle. The name was borrowed from French in the 1770s, but where it came from before that is anyone's guess.

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