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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Koulan  \Kou"lan\,  n.  [Native  name.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  wild  horse  ({Equus,  or  Asinus,  onager})  inhabiting  the 
  plants  of  Central  Asia;  --  called  also  {gour},  {khur},  and 
  {onager}.  [Written  also  {kulan}.] 
 
  Note:  It  is  sometimes  confounded  with  the  dziggetai,  to  which 
  it  is  closely  related.  It  is  gray  in  winter,  but 
  fulvous  in  summer.  It  has  a  well  defined,  dark,  dorsal 
  stripe,  and  a  short,  erect  mane.  In  size,  it  is 
  intermediate  between  the  horse  and  ass. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gaur  \Gaur\  (g[add]r  or  gour),  n.  [Native  name.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  East  Indian  species  of  wild  cattle  ({Bibos  gauris}),  of 
  large  size  and  an  untamable  disposition.  [Spelt  also  {gour}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Gour  \Gour\,  n.  [See  {Giaour}.] 
  1.  A  fire  worshiper;  a  Gheber  or  Gueber.  --Tylor. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Koulan}. 




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