Yak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Yak	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Yak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yak n noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle] large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated Synonym(s): yak, Bos grunniens v talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren" Synonym(s): yak, gab
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yak \Yak\ (y[acr]k), n. [Thibetan gyag.] (Zo[94]l.) A bovine mammal ({Po[89]phagus grunnies}) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also {chauri gua}, {grunting cow}, {grunting ox}, {sarlac}, {sarlik}, and {sarluc}. {Yak lace}, a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak.