shan.
/ʃɑː/ The oorial ( Ovis cycloceros). Also applied to O. vignei.
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1842 G. T. Vigne Trav. Kashmir II. 280 The Shâ is a tragelaphus, or goat-deer.
1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 77 The so~called sha (Ovis-vignei) of the upper Indus valley.
1894 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. II. 223 The Asiatic wild sheep known in the Punjab as the urial, but in Ladak as the sha.
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