Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A book name of the European hen-harrier, Circus pygargus: an Englishing of the specific name.
  • noun A kind of antelope, perhaps the addax.
  • noun The osprey, sea-eagle, or fish-hawk.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Zoöl.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white rump.
  • The female of the hen harrier.
  • The sea eagle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biblical An unidentified large animal with horns, possibly the addax, mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy 14:5) as one of the animals permitted for food.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

See Dishon.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pygarg.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • Ah, the infamous Deuteronomy menu.

    August 5, 2022