Found 2 items, similar to onager.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: onager onager n 1: medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, trebuchet, trebucket] 2: Asiatic wild ass [syn: Equus hemionus] [also: onagri (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: onager 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]