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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.
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