Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word ANKUS
ANKUS
Definitions of ANKUS
- The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.
Number of letters
5
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using ANKUS in a Sentence
- The most common tools used by mahouts are chains and the aṅkuśa (goad, also ankus or anlius) – a sharp metal hook used as guide in the training and handling of the elephant.
- The King's Ankus - Mowgli discovers a jewelled object beneath the Cold Lairs that he later discards carelessly, not realising that men will kill each other to possess it.
- The mahouts at MEF are comfortable with and knowledgeable in traditional methods of elephant training which involve the use of pressure points known as nila points and the ankus.
- The organisations cite concerns around the training regimes needed to tame elephants – commonly known as ‘phajaan’ or the ‘crush’, - damage caused to elephants’ spines from carrying tourists in howdahs on their backs, use of bullhooks or ankus to control the elephants, lack of freedom, and psychological abuse.
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