zhohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zho_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezho, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zhonoun

  1. 1841–
    A hybrid bovine animal, bred from a yak bull and a common cow, used for domestic purposes in Northern India. Also called zobo, zobu [with masculine suffix ‑bo] .
    1. 1841
      Oxen of the common kind are not used for ploughing, the zho ox, or hybrid male between the yak..and the common cow, or the humped variety called zebu, being greatly preferred, as is its sister, the zhomo, for the dairy. Ploughing is performed by a pair of zhos.
      H. H. Wilson, Trav. Moorcroft & Trebeck vol. I. 272
    2. 1841
      The Zho or Yak-mule.
      H. H. Wilson, Trav. Moorcroft & Trebeck vol. I. 309
    3. 1854
      The zobo..is but rarely seen in these mountains, though common in the North West Himalaya.
      J. D. Hooker, Himalayan Journals vol. I. ix. 213
    4. 1867
      A. L. Adams, Wanderings of Naturalist in India 271.
    5. 1880
      The yák, from which is reared a cross breed with the ordinary horned cattle of India locally called ‘zobu’.
      R. Strachey in Encyclopædia Britannica vol. XI. 833/2

zho, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zho, n. was last modified in December 2024.