gainin.
/ˈɡʌɪniː/ One of a small variety of Indian cattle.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > distinguished by small size
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1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career III. v. 132 I found that the said tiger had feasted on a more delicate morsel,—a nice little ghinee, a small cow.
1832 F. Parks Jrnl. 1 Dec. in Wanderings of Pilgrim (1850) I. xxii. 251 We have become great farmers, having sown our crop of oats, and are building outhouses to receive some thirty-four dwarf cows and oxen (gynees), which are to be fed up for the table.
1850 F. Parks Wanderings of Pilgrim I. 251 We..are building outhouses to receive some thirty-four dwarf cows and oxen (gynees) which are to be fed up for the table.
1873 H. Blochmann tr. Abdul Fazl 'Allami Ain i Akbari I. 149 There is also a species of oxen, called gainí, small..but very beautiful.
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