chamois
Example Sentences
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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
His self-deprecation is only a kind of chamois, polishing his brass.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 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
The cars induce considerable pawing, requiring a legion of cleaners with feather dusters, spray bottles and chamois cloths to denude these special guys of hand prints.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2015
“It looks just like the woodcutters'. Did you see the man with the tiny gold ear- *V> rings? “He’s a chamois hunter,” I said.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
