Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
nilgau .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A large Asiatic antelope (
Boselaphus tragocamelus , syn.Portax tragocamelus ), found in Northern India; called also theblue bull . It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown; the male is blue-grey with white markings, and the female is brownish with no horns.
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- noun Alternative form of
nilghai .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
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Examples
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"No; the big, solid-hoofed antelope that eats like nylghau or quagga."
Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer George Manville Fenn 1870
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"'But,' said the nylghau, and the wolf-pack had him!
Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914
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