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NYLGHAU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nylghau mean?
• NYLGHAU (noun)
The noun NYLGHAU has 1 sense:
1. large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
Familiarity information: NYLGHAU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("nylghau" 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 ("nylghau" is a member of...):
Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)
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