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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ta•kin n.

Zoology, Mammalsa mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.

Mishmi (Tibeto-Burman language of a tribal people of Arunachal Pradesh, NE India)
alleged to be 1840–50

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takin / ˈtɑːkiːn/

a massive bovid mammal, Budorcas taxicolor, of mountainous regions of S Asia, having a shaggy coat, short legs, and horns that point backwards and upwards

Etymology: 19th Century: from Mishmi

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