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saola.

A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of Vietnam and Laos.

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noun/ˈsaʊlə//ˈsaʊˌlɑː/
  1. A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of Vietnam and Laos.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Vietnamese sao la, probably from Lao ເສົາຫລ (sao la, “spindle[-horned]”) or some other Tai-Kadai language.

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