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yak

verb as in talk

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The region, which is the traditional homeland of the Sherpa people, is known for its high-altitude peaks, though the park’s terrain varies from jewel-toned glacial rivers to grazing lands for herds of yak to verdant forests of bamboo and hemlock.

Muskox, reindeer, moose, bison, yak, sheep, Yukatian horses and Kalmykian cows have arrived over the years.

There’s enough baggage here to bow a yak, and watching them unpack it makes for raw viewing.

Around 150 animals live here, including horses, moose, reindeer, bison and yaks.

The greater availability of this wild prey reduces the risks to yaks from wolves and snow leopards, point out conservationists.

From Ozy

“I happened upon yak butter tea, a traditional high-energy food eaten by Tibetans,” Asprey says.

This was the place where I had met the yak herds two months before when they were pasturing their yaks on the grassy uplands.

The yak dung is in many places the only fuel to be got and is most carefully picked up.

In the Rongbuk Valley there was no wood and our supply of yak dung had to come up from Chbuk.

He was walking with a disciple on the mountain one day, when they found an old yak's horn lying in the path.

It might be supposed that so hairy an animal as the yak would become dirty and unkempt.

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to yak, such as: babble, blather, chat, chatter, clack, and confabulate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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