barasingha
(baraˈsɪŋgə)
Also barasinga, barasingh.
[Hind. bārah singā lit. twelve-horn.]
The east Indian deer Cervus wallichii; also, C. duvauceli, the Swamp Deer.
| 1862 Proc. Zool. Soc. IX. 136 Persian Deer..Barbary Deer..and Barasinga Deer (C. duvaucellii). 1863 Ibid. XV. 230 Fam. Cervidæ..Barasingha Deer (C. duvaucelii). 1880 Encycl. Brit. XII. 742/2 The swamp deer or barasingha..which is common in Lower Bengal and Assam. 1894 Kipling 2nd Jungle Bk. (1895) 37 The barasingh, that big deer which is like our red deer, but stronger. 1902 [see swamp deer s.v. swamp n. 3 b]. 1921 Brit. Mus. Return 98 A Kashmir Barasingha (Cervus cashmiriensis). 1964 R. Perry World of Tiger iv. 56 The wapiti, a red deer,..is represented in Indian forests by the Kashmir stag or barasingh, not to be confused with the barasingha or swamp-deer of the Terai. 1968 Times (Pakistan Suppl.) 6 Apr. p. viii/5 The tiger's principal prey, the gaur (jungle bison) and barasingha (marsh deer) were soon wiped out. |