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onagermore about onager

onager

 

  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]: 
 
  Onager  \On"a*ger\,  n.;  pl  L.  {Onagri},  E.  {Onagers}.  [L. 
  onager,  onagrus  Gr  ?.] 
  1.  (Rom.Antiq.)  A  military  engine  acting  like  a  sling,  which 
  threw  stones  from  a  bag  or  wooden  bucket,  and  was  operated 
  by  machinery.  --Fairholt. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  wild  ass,  especially  the  koulan. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  onager 
  n  1:  an  ancient  heavy  war  engine  for  hurling  large  stones  [syn:  {catapult}, 
  {bricole}] 
  2:  Asiatic  wild  ass  [syn:  {Equus  hemionus}]




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