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pygarg

pygarg


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pygarg  \Py"garg\,  Pygargus  \Py*gar"gus\,  [L.  pygargus,  Gr  ?, 
  literally,  white  rump;  ?  the  rump  +  white:  cf  F.  pygargue.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  quadruped,  probably  the  addax,  an  antelope 
  having  a  white  rump.  --Deut.  xiv.  5. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  The  female  of  the  hen  harrier. 
  b  The  sea  eagle. 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Pygarg 
  Heb.  dishon,  "springing",  (Deut.  14:5),  one  of  the  animals 
  permitted  for  food.  It  is  supposed  to  be  the  Antelope  addax.  It 
  is  described  as  "a  large  animal,  over  3  1/2  feet  high  at  the 
  shoulder,  and  with  its  gently-twisted  horns,  2  1/2  feet  long. 
  Its  colour  is  pure  white,  with  the  exception  of  a  short  black 
  mane,  and  a  tinge  of  tawny  on  the  shoulders  and  back.", 
  Tristram's  Natural  History.