Definition of Genus saiga

1. Noun. Eurasian antelopes: saigas.

Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Saiga, Saiga Tatarica

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Saiga

genus Russula
genus Ruta
genus Rutilus
genus Rynchops
genus Rypticus
genus Sabal
genus Sabbatia
genus Sabinea
genus Saccharomyces
genus Saccharum
genus Sadleria
genus Sagina
genus Sagitta
genus Sagittaria
genus Sagittarius
genus Saiga
genus Saimiri
genus Saintpaulia
genus Salamandra
genus Salicornia
genus Salix
genus Salmo
genus Salmonella
genus Salpa
genus Salpichroa
genus Salpiglossis
genus Salpinctes
genus Salsola
genus Salvadora
genus Salvelinus

Literary usage of Genus saiga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The Saiga Antelope, genus Saiga, is one of the most remarkable types of Antelope in its outward appearance. Its nose is very large and inflated, ..."

2. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Geological Society of London by Geological Society of London (1881)
"He noticed that a species of Antelope, belonging to the genus Saiga, already found in France and Belgium, occurred in Britain in Pleistocene times. ..."

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