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NILGAI (nilgai)

Dictionary entry overview: What does nilgai mean?

• NILGAI (noun)
The noun NILGAI has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: NILGAI used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NILGAI (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blue bull; Boselaphus tragocamelus; nilgai; nylghai; nylghau

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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