NYLGHAU

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns

Synonyms:

blue bull; Boselaphus tragocamelus; nilgai; nylghai; nylghau

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nylghau" is a kind of...):

antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)

Holonyms ("nylghau" is a member of...):

Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)

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