Definition of Boselaphus

1. Noun. Indian antelopes: nilgais.

Exact synonyms: Genus Boselaphus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Blue Bull, Boselaphus Tragocamelus, Nilgai, Nylghai, Nylghau

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boselaphus

Borromean Islands
Borrowdale
Borstal
Bos banteng
Bos grunniens
Bos indicus
Bos primigenius
Bos taurus
Bosc
Bosch
Boscs
Bose
Bose-Einstein condensate
Bose-Einstein statistics
Boselaphus (current term)
Boselaphus tragocamelus
Bosh
Bosin's disease
Bosjesman
Bosjesmans
Boskop man
Bosman rule
Bosman rules
Bosman ruling
Bosman rulings
Bosna
Bosna i Hercegovina
Bosnia
Bosnia-Herzegovina

Literary usage of Boselaphus

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

1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"Presented by Walter Ewer, Esq. Genus Boselaphus, Blainville '. Syn. ... Boselaphus, sp., Lydekker '. M. 1940. A left upper true molar ; from the Pliocene ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"I formerly adopted the name of Boselaphus, which Blainville had used for the genus, ... D. Boselaphus Canna, H. Smith, GAK t.181. f. 5, horn <$ . ..."

3. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological by Zoological Society of London Committee of Science and Correspondence, Committee of Science and Correspondence, Zoological Society of London (1850)
"I formerly adopted the name of Boselaphus, which Blainville had used for the genus, ... D. Boselaphus Canna, H. Smith, GAK t.181. f. 5, horn c? ..."

4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1850)
"I formerly adopted the name of Boselaphus, which Blainville had used for the ... Damalis (Boselaphus) Oreas, H. Smith, GAK t. 200.—^. Oryx, Pallas, Misc. 9. ..."

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