tur

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UK/tʊə/US/tʊɹ/

noun

Any member of the species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur) of wild goats native to Caucasus.

OriginRussian тур →
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Meanings

tur1

nountur (plural turs)

plural turs

  1. Any member of the species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur) of wild goats native to Caucasus.

    Then to Hanukkah's mild surprise a voice rose up and, with laconic precision, likened this rumored brother Alp to the secretion on the nether parts of a she-tur.

    2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 90

Tur2

proper nounTur (plural Turs)

plural Turs

  1. A surname.

Origin

tur · noun

  1. Russianтур
  2. Englishtur

Borrowed from Russian тур (tur). Doublet of steer and Taurus.

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Tur · proper noun

  1. PolishTur
  2. CatalanTur
  3. EnglishTur

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Tur, probably a topographic surname from tur (“tufa, porous limestone”). * Borrowed from Polish Tur, from the nickname tur (“aurochs”).

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Translations

Finnish kaukasianvuohi
  • kaukasianvuohitype of wild goat
Russian тур
  • тур (tur)type of wild goat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tur

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Sounds the same

tour

Anagrams

rut
Cite this entry
APA

tur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tur

MLA

“tur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tur.

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