chamois

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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

From Olive & Cocoa, a handcrafted crate holds a fuzzy friend, Lulu the Lamb, and an ivory chamois blanket.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2021

I give up, but then, as I’m descending, I meet a Haitian boy, maybe 14, who’s loping skyward in a chamois shirt, a scarf and a ski cap, a machete dangling from his belt.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2019

Mr. Niami took a chamois left behind by a maid and dusted an already spotless-looking shelf inside the champagne room, filled with $300,000 worth of Cristal.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2017

“Really? I don’t believe it. I think they wear them to show they are chamois hunters. Are there chamois near here?”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway