Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wild ass of Asia, Equus hemionus, whose habits are graphically recorded in the book of Job, and which is believed to be the hemionus of Herodotus and Pliny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Tibet (
Asinus hemionus ).
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- noun The
Mongolian wild ass , Equus hemionushemionus , asubspecies of theonager .
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- noun Mongolian wild ass
Etymologies
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From Mongolian чихтэй (čixtéi, "eared").
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There is also the "dziggetai," or "great wild ass," of Central and
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Also spelled djiggetai.
January 20, 2011