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‖ mithan|ˈmɪθən|
Also mytton, mythun, methin, mithong, mithun.
[Assamese methōn.]
The gayal.
1845E. J. T. Dalton in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. Bengal XIV. 265 The Mytton is the only species of horned cattle possessed by the Meris. 1885Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 3) II. 936 Methin, the wild cow of the hills near Cachar. 1885Hunter Imper. Gaz. Ind. I. 349 The mithan or gayal (Gavæus frontalis). 1890Pall Mall G. 18 Aug. 7/3 To propitiate these ghosts an animal must be slaughtered—whether it be the prolific pariah dog or the valuable mythun. 1921Blackw. Mag. Feb. 258/2 There was no rice, no water, no fences, no herds of mithun. 1923Ibid. Feb. 186/2 The mithong were once more stalled beneath the houses. 1937Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. 15 Over the neck of the bound and trembling Mithan. |