maraln.
/ˈmɑːrəl/, U.S. /ˈmɛrəl/ A red deer of the rare subspecies Cervus elaphus maral, found in Asia Minor and the Caucasus.
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1838 H. C. Rawlinson Notes on Journey from Tabriz 18 Oct. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. (1840) 10 9 A pair of maral (the wild red deer of Persia).
1855 E. Blyth Let. 22 Oct. in C. Darwin Corr. (1989) V. 485 The Honglu of Kashmir (which is the Maral of Persia).
1863 L. Atkinson Recoll. Tartar Steppes viii. 181 I must now tell you of a maral we had.
1894 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. II. 348 In the Caspian provinces of Persia,..the red deer group is represented by the maral (Cervus maral).
1989 Deer Farmer Oct. 28/1 The Maral, Cervus elaphus maral, is native to Turkey and the USSR state of Georgia, where it inhabits the mountains of the Caucasus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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