Library / English Dictionary

NILGAI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: nilgai   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 ("nilgai" 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 ("nilgai" is a member of...):

Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)

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