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ONAGER
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Irregular inflected form: onagri
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic wild ass
Synonyms:
Equus hemionus; onager
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("onager" is a kind of...):
wild ass (any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "onager"):
chigetai; dziggetai; Equus hemionus hemionus (Mongolian wild ass)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Synonyms:
arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; catapult; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("onager" is a kind of...):
engine (an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.)
