mithun
English
Alternative forms
- mithan
Etymology
From Assamese [script needed] (methōn).[1]
Noun
mithun (plural mithun or mithuns)
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A mithun in Bhutan.
- Bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.
- 2005, “Tseube”, in First Sun Stories: Unusual Folk Tales from the North East, Katha, published 2011, →ISBN, page 28:
- Early one morning, a tiger on the prowl overheard two mithun gossiping as they grazed in a clearing.
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Synonyms
- (Bos frontalis): gaur
- gayal
References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “‖ Mithan”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 546, column 2.