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‖ shapoo|ˈʃɑːpuː|
Also shapu, sharpoo; shortened sha.
[Tibetan sha-pho ‘wild sheep’ (Jaeschke).]
A kind of sheep (Ovis vignei) found in Ládák (Kashmír) and Tibet.
1858A. L. Adams in Proc. Zool. Soc. 526 Caprovis vignei (Blyth)... 3. Shapoo of Ladakh and Tibet. c1880Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 8 The Oorial and the Shapoo are bearded Sheep... The Shapoo is brownish-grey, white below, with a short brown beard. 1902Ronaldshay Sport under Eastern Sky v. 88 One of the men..had returned, having seen some sharpoo. |