Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The mark, print, track, or trail of an animal; a pug.
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- noun The
print ortrack of ananimal
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Examples
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"Our government tiger census previously used an unreliable method called the pugmark technique.
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As you begin your exciting journey in Sundarbans, chances are you may come across a pugmark of a real Royal Bengal Tiger on a mud flat.
ROYAL BENGAL TIGER 2007
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He says camera traps have identified 24 and the rest have been calculated using the unreliable pugmark method.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English panamajack 2010
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Udanti and Indravati wildlife sanctuaries instead of pugmark and waterwhole census.
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Udanti and Indravati wildlife sanctuaries instead of pugmark and waterwhole census.
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Now, the old pugmark method has been officially abandoned by the Government, in favour of these scientific techniques.
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The pugmark method was field friendly, but due to drawbacks, Project Tiger had developed a new methodology for monitoring tigers, co-predators, prey and habitat, the sources said.
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The team then recorded the altitude of the pugmark site using the Global Positioning System.
Latest Articles 2009
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(excluding cubs) as per the pugmark tracking method.
Cryptomundo 2008
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'pugmark method' in which the fresh impressions of the left hind pug were collected from the field and analysed.
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March 15, 2011