blue sheep
noun
: bharal
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Jigme Gurung, a citizen scientist working with the WWF in upper Dolpa, has recently found numerous wild blue sheep that were severely ill or dead with mange-like symptoms and has seen camera-trap photos of other snow leopards with similar symptoms. 
Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 27 July 2022 Perched high in India’s northwestern corner, these two adjoining national parks preserve a complete ecosystem of high-altitude Himalayan flora and fauna, including blue sheep, Asiatic black bears, and the elusive snow leopard. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2022 Their prefered targets are the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalaya and the mountain ibex, which is found over most of the rest of their range. National Geographic, 16 June 2020 Diet and hunting Snow leopards prey upon the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalayas, as well as the mountain ibex found over most of the rest of their range. National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020 One Indian snow leopard, protected and observed in a national park, is reported to have consumed five blue sheep, nine Tibetan woolly hares, 25 marmots, five domestic goats, one domestic sheep, and 15 birds in a single year. National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020 And when Kensington Palace released a photograph of Princess Charlotte on her second birthday, her yellow John Lewis cardigan with fluffy blue sheep promptly sold out. Jasmin Malik Chua, Vox, 18 July 2019 When there are fewer food options — such as the blue sheep these cats prefer — leopards often come into conflict with humans. Adam Popescu, Washington Post, 19 May 2018 And when Kensington Palace released a photograph of Princess Charlotte on her second birthday, her yellow John Lewis cardigan with fluffy blue sheep promptly sold out. Jasmin Malik Chua, Vox, 18 July 2019 See More
Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 27 July 2022 Perched high in India’s northwestern corner, these two adjoining national parks preserve a complete ecosystem of high-altitude Himalayan flora and fauna, including blue sheep, Asiatic black bears, and the elusive snow leopard. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2022 Their prefered targets are the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalaya and the mountain ibex, which is found over most of the rest of their range. National Geographic, 16 June 2020 Diet and hunting Snow leopards prey upon the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalayas, as well as the mountain ibex found over most of the rest of their range. National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020 One Indian snow leopard, protected and observed in a national park, is reported to have consumed five blue sheep, nine Tibetan woolly hares, 25 marmots, five domestic goats, one domestic sheep, and 15 birds in a single year. National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2020 And when Kensington Palace released a photograph of Princess Charlotte on her second birthday, her yellow John Lewis cardigan with fluffy blue sheep promptly sold out. Jasmin Malik Chua, Vox, 18 July 2019 When there are fewer food options — such as the blue sheep these cats prefer — leopards often come into conflict with humans. Adam Popescu, Washington Post, 19 May 2018 And when Kensington Palace released a photograph of Princess Charlotte on her second birthday, her yellow John Lewis cardigan with fluffy blue sheep promptly sold out. Jasmin Malik Chua, Vox, 18 July 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above