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Definition of Nylghaus
1. nylghau [n] - See also: nylghau
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nylghaus
Literary usage of Nylghaus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1828)
"... nylghaus, antelopes, kangaroos, opossums, apes, and monkeys—standing boldly
or gracefully as if in their own African or Asiatic deserts, ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"In the park at Melton Constable, Lord Hastings has a herd of Canadian wapiti,
rapidly increasing in number, a herd of Indian nylghaus, and a herd of the ..."
3. Coke of Norfolk and His Friends: The Life of Thomas William Coke, First Earl by Anna Maria Wilhelmina Stirling (1908)
"... and nylghaus) a horseman came galloping to us and told us he had seen a
magnificent lion go into a thicket about a mile ahead of us. ..."
4. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1816)
"The nylghaus which have been brought to England, have been most, if not all of
them, received from Surat or Bombay; and they seem to be less uncommon in ..."
5. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"... though there may have been several successive generations born into captivity,
the young nylghaus display the same irritable temper as their parents. ..."
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