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单词 chital
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Definition of chital in English:

chital

noun ˈtʃiːt(ə)lˈCHēdl
  • A deer having lyre-shaped antlers and a white-spotted fawn coat, native to India and Sri Lanka.

    斑鹿

    Cervus axis, family Cervidae

    Also called axis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mills has culled a great deal of data to show which ungulates form its preferred diet - chital, sambar, nilgai and barasingha, and in some forests, gaur.
    • The lion shares the forest with the leopard, the chital, the jackal, the wild boar, the peacock and the Maldharis, local herdsmen who have co-existed with the lions inside the forest.
    • If you feel you're missing out on watching tigers launch assaults on nilgai, or muggers ambushing chital as they bend down to drink, take heart.
    • 8 June: We arrived to find Lakshmi carrying a small chital fawn across the meadow to the upper fork of Menhar Nala.
    • In addition to deer, chital and wild boar, domestic cattle are now an important item on the tiger's menu in several areas.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Hindi cītal, from Sanskrit citrala 'spotted', from citra 'spot, mark'.

Rhymes

beetle, betel, decretal, fetal

Definition of chital in US English:

chital

nounˈCHēdl
  • A deer having lyre-shaped antlers and a white-spotted fawn coat, native to India and Sri Lanka.

    斑鹿

    Also called axis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mills has culled a great deal of data to show which ungulates form its preferred diet - chital, sambar, nilgai and barasingha, and in some forests, gaur.
    • If you feel you're missing out on watching tigers launch assaults on nilgai, or muggers ambushing chital as they bend down to drink, take heart.
    • The lion shares the forest with the leopard, the chital, the jackal, the wild boar, the peacock and the Maldharis, local herdsmen who have co-existed with the lions inside the forest.
    • In addition to deer, chital and wild boar, domestic cattle are now an important item on the tiger's menu in several areas.
    • 8 June: We arrived to find Lakshmi carrying a small chital fawn across the meadow to the upper fork of Menhar Nala.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Hindi cītal, from Sanskrit citrala ‘spotted’, from citra ‘spot, mark’.

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