Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large Indian antelope, Portax pictus, related to the addax and the oryx, of a bluish-gray color, with short little-curved horns, a blackish mane, and a bunch of hair on the throat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) see
nylghau .
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Examples
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The trees hide other animals—the nilgau, deer, tigers, and leopards.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The trees hide other animals—the nilgau, deer, tigers, and leopards.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The trees hide other animals—the nilgau, deer, tigers, and leopards.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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"nilgau-like markings on their feet," and "in the one being born with teeth protruding through the jaws, and the other not so."
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845
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