chital
(ˈtʃiːtəl)
Also cheetal, -ul, chetel.
[Hindi.]
The Indian spotted deer, Axis axis.
| 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 742 The chitál or spotted deer..is..admitted to be the most beautiful inhabitant of the Indian jungles. 1923 Blackw. Mag. Sept. 381/2 He..had been after cheetul here and had come on a tiger. 1925 Punch 20 May 546/2 The best of his bag was a chital stag. 1963 Times 5 Mar. 12/6 At one point he predicted a herd of cheetal and backed his words by giving the cheetal stag's call. |