Definition of "yaks" []

• Plural form of yak. (noun)

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• "British officials have learned that Iraq has recently sought significant amounts of mountain yaks from Niger."
• "But there is a fear among the sherpas and their aides who one wag decided should be called "yaks"--the pack animals who do the real heavy lifting that even after all their detailed planning and the drafting of 20 or more communiqués, the entire meeting could be hijacked by something outside their meticulous control."
• "I settle for organic juice squeezed from the sweat of yaks, which is all that we have in the refrigerator."