any of several goatlike bovid mammals of the genus Hemitragus, such as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr), of mountainous regions of S and SW Asia, having a shaggy coat and curved horns
Word origin
C19: variation of Nepali thār
tahr in American English
(tɑr)
noun
a short-horned, wild goat (genus Hemitragus) of Arabia, India, and the Himalayas