Definitions for gayal

gayal ga·yal

Spelling: [guh-yahl]
IPA: /gəˈyɑl/

Gayal is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in gayal (aagly).

Definitions for gayal

noun

  1. an ox, Bibos frontalis, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, sometimes considered to be a domesticated breed of the gaur.

Origin of gayal

First recorded in 1780-90, gayal is from the Bengali word gayāl

Examples for gayal

The representation of the gayal here given was taken from a living specimen in the Zoological Gardens, 1846.

The animal here alluded to is another species of gayal found wild in the hills of Chatgaon.

According to this gentleman the gayal lives to the age of twenty or twenty-five years, and reaches its full growth at five years.

The gayal affords the richest milk, and prefers feeding on trees.

The female offspring of a male Zebu and a female gayal was mated with a male Bison.

In Asia it should include the great Indian rhinoceros and its allied species, the burrhel, the Nilgiri tahr and the gayal.

The natives call him the As'l gayal, in contra-distinction to the Gabay.

Word Value for gayal
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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