Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A medium-sized antelope (Saiga tatarica) of the steppes of Eurasia, having a large fleshy snout and, in the male, ridged yellowish horns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ruminant of the genus Saiga, remarkable for the singular conformation of the head, which gives it a peculiar physiognomy.
- noun [capitalized] (sā′ i-gä) [NL.] The typical and only genus of Saigidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An antelope (
Saiga Tartarica ) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word saiga.
Examples
-
Elena Bykova: The saiga is a keystone species of the steppe.
Mongabay.com News 2009
-
The wildlife trade in Mongolia, valued at US$100 million annually, is contributing to the rapid decline of species such as saiga antelope [134].
-
And so it was that, just before dawn, Li homed in on a young saiga antelope.
Louis Bayard: A Tiger Mom Shares Her Secrets Louis Bayard 2011
-
The endangered saiga antelope also lives in Saryarka.
New Natural Wonders Kristan Schiller 2010
-
The endangered saiga antelope also lives in Saryarka.
New Natural Wonders Kristan Schiller 2010
-
And so it was that, just before dawn, Li homed in on a young saiga antelope.
Louis Bayard: A Tiger Mom Shares Her Secrets Louis Bayard 2011
-
The saiga antelope, which once roamed the plains of China and Russia in huge herds, was hunted to the brink of extinction because its translucent pale pink horns were thought to have magical healing qualities in traditional medicine.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
-
The saiga antelope, which once roamed the plains of China and Russia in huge herds, was hunted to the brink of extinction because its translucent pale pink horns were thought to have magical healing qualities in traditional medicine.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
-
The saiga antelope, which once roamed the plains of China and Russia in huge herds, was hunted to the brink of extinction because its translucent pale pink horns were thought to have magical healing qualities in traditional medicine.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
-
The endangered saiga antelope also lives in Saryarka.
New Natural Wonders Kristan Schiller 2010
yarb commented on the word saiga
A dog in Turgenev's Tchertop-Hanov and Nedopyuskin. See also Amalat.
November 16, 2007