chamois
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Pia Anderwald, a researcher with the Swiss National Park in Zernez, Switzerland, who studies antelope-like chamois and other hoofed Alpine mammals, was not surprised by the number of goat avalanche deaths in the study.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
To have a basis for comparing the neanderthal's results, the study also examined other animals from the region, including carnivores like wolves and lynxes and herbivores like rabbits and chamois.
From Salon • Oct. 20, 2022
I moved the soapy sponge over the Datsun’s sinuous metalwork, dried it with a chamois, anointed it with Turtle Wax.
From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2021
Olvera’s other research projects take him out of town, to study mainly chamois in the Pyrenees and Iberian ibex – ungulates, like the wild boar.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2019
He pulled a chamois cloth from his tool belt and made a big show of wrapping up the physician’s cure.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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