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Definition: Equus onager
Onager
\On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L.
Onagri, E.
Onagers. [L.
onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which
threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated
by machinery. --Fairholt.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the
koulan (
Equus hemionus syn.
Equus hemippus syn.
Equus onager, formely
Asinus onager).
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Koulan
\Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A wild horse (
Equus onager or
Asinus onager) inhabiting
the plains of Central Asia; -- called also
gour,
khur,
and
onager. [Written also
kulan.]
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Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which
it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but
fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal
stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is
intermediate between the horse and ass.
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