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NILGAI
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Irregular inflected form: nilgai
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
Synonyms:
blue bull; Boselaphus tragocamelus; nilgai; nylghai; nylghau
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nilgai" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Holonyms ("nilgai" is a member of...):
Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)
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