Kalmar “Kuran Akuya” ba kalmar da aka saba amfani da ita ba ce, kuma tana iya nufin nau’in dabbobi daban-daban dangane da mahallin. Gabaɗaya, kalmar “rara” tana nufin ƙungiyar dabbobi masu shayarwa marasa ƙarfi, waɗanda akasarinsu a Afirka da Eurasia, waɗanda ke da siririrsu, dogayen ƙafafu, da ƙahoni.Kalmar “akuya” tana nufin zuwa ga rukunin dabbobi masu shayarwa a cikin gidan Bovidae, waɗanda suka haɗa da tumaki, awaki, da shanu, da sauransu. Wadannan dabbobin an san su da santsin kofato da kuma iya kiwo a kan ciyayi iri-iri. irin wannan abinci ko hali. Duk da haka, ba kalmar da aka saba amfani da ita ba ce a cikin wallafe-wallafen kimiyya ko mashahuri.