"dahu" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dahus [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dahu (plural dahus)
  1. (mythology) A legendary goat-like animal reputed to live in the mountains of France, Switzerland, and Italy. Categories (topical): Mythological creatures, Cryptozoology Translations (Translations): dahu [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-dahu-en-noun-UGnITwEL Disambiguation of Cryptozoology: 52 48 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: dahus [plural]
Etymology: From Mandarin 大胡 (dàhú). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|大胡}} 大胡 (dàhú) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dahu (plural dahus)
  1. A large bowed two-stringed chordophone of Chinese origin, a tenor part of the erhu family of instruments. Categories (topical): Cryptozoology, String instruments
    Sense id: en-dahu-en-noun-clJh6XAo Disambiguation of Cryptozoology: 52 48 Disambiguation of String instruments: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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