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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See nilgau.

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

  • noun (Zoöl.) A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus, syn. Portax tragocamelus), found in Northern India; called also the blue bull. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown; the male is blue-grey with white markings, and the female is brownish with no horns.

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  • noun Alternative form of nilghai.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns

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Examples

  • "No; the big, solid-hoofed antelope that eats like nylghau or quagga."

    Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer George Manville Fenn 1870

  • "'But,' said the nylghau, and the wolf-pack had him!

    Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914

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