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Definition of Nilgai
1. Noun. Large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Boselaphus, Genus Boselaphus
Definition of Nilgai
1. Noun. A large antelope, of the genus ''Boselaphus'', from northern India; the blue bull ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nilgai
1. a large antelope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nilgai
Literary usage of Nilgai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The nilgai is held peculiarly sacred by Hindus, from its fancied kinship to the
cow, and on this account its destructive inroads upon the crops are ..."
2. Jungle By-ways in India: Leaves from the Note-book of a Sportsman and a by Edward Percy Stebbing (1911)
"... Lothario—Habits—Methods of stalk and a miss—Dislike of ue bull or nilgai—Peculiar
gait— of conciliating villa- A morning's stalk —Appearance Bll. :BUCK ..."
3. Narratives of Tours in India by John David Rees (1891)
"... bulls— nilgai— Pegus and Arabs— " Parfait Amour"— Government stallions — Arabs
and Persians — Pony-breeding operations on hills— Agricultural ..."
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