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onager
(encz) | onager, n: |
Onager
(gcide) | Onager \On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L.
onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated
by machinery. --Fairholt.
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2. (Zool.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the
koulan (Equus hemionus syn. Equus hemippus syn.
Equus onager, formely Asinus onager).
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onager
(gcide) | Koulan \Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A wild horse (Equus onager or Asinus onager) inhabiting
the plains of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur,
and onager. [Written also kulan.]
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Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which
it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but
fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal
stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
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onager
(wn) | onager
n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
trebucket]
2: Asiatic wild ass [syn: onager, Equus hemionus] |
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Asinus onager
(gcide) | Onager \On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L.
onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated
by machinery. --Fairholt.
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2. (Zool.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the
koulan (Equus hemionus syn. Equus hemippus syn.
Equus onager, formely Asinus onager).
[1913 Webster +PJC]Koulan \Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A wild horse (Equus onager or Asinus onager) inhabiting
the plains of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur,
and onager. [Written also kulan.]
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Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which
it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but
fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal
stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
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Equus onager
(gcide) | Onager \On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L.
onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated
by machinery. --Fairholt.
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2. (Zool.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the
koulan (Equus hemionus syn. Equus hemippus syn.
Equus onager, formely Asinus onager).
[1913 Webster +PJC]Koulan \Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A wild horse (Equus onager or Asinus onager) inhabiting
the plains of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur,
and onager. [Written also kulan.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which
it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but
fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal
stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
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Onager
(gcide) | Onager \On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L.
onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated
by machinery. --Fairholt.
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2. (Zool.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the
koulan (Equus hemionus syn. Equus hemippus syn.
Equus onager, formely Asinus onager).
[1913 Webster +PJC]Koulan \Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A wild horse (Equus onager or Asinus onager) inhabiting
the plains of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur,
and onager. [Written also kulan.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which
it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but
fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal
stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
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Onagers
(gcide) | Onager \On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L.
onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated
by machinery. --Fairholt.
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2. (Zool.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the
koulan (Equus hemionus syn. Equus hemippus syn.
Equus onager, formely Asinus onager).
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