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单词 nilgai
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Definition of nilgai in English:

nilgai

noun ˈnɪlɡʌɪˈnɪlɡaɪ
  • A large Indian antelope, the male of which has a blue-grey coat and short horns, and the female a tawny coat and no horns.

    Boselaphus tragocamelus, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When you see a nilgai, you don't tarry when letting off the shot.
    • If you feel you're missing out on watching tigers launch assaults on nilgai, or muggers ambushing chital as they bend down to drink, take heart.
    • Mills has culled a great deal of data to show which ungulates form its preferred diet - chital, sambar, nilgai and barasingha, and in some forests, gaur.
    • We also spotted the nilgai, the sambur, the wild boar and even a hare.
    • Sadly, most of the large animals reported from the Ridge in the 1920s and 1930s have gone including leopard, wild boar, wolf, blackbuck, and most of the nilgais.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Hindi nīlgāī, from nīl 'blue' + gāī 'cow'.

 
 

Definition of nilgai in US English:

nilgai

nounˈnɪlɡaɪˈnilɡī
  • A large Indian antelope, the male of which has a blue-gray coat and short horns, and the female a tawny coat and no horns.

    Boselaphus tragocamelus, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We also spotted the nilgai, the sambur, the wild boar and even a hare.
    • Mills has culled a great deal of data to show which ungulates form its preferred diet - chital, sambar, nilgai and barasingha, and in some forests, gaur.
    • If you feel you're missing out on watching tigers launch assaults on nilgai, or muggers ambushing chital as they bend down to drink, take heart.
    • When you see a nilgai, you don't tarry when letting off the shot.
    • Sadly, most of the large animals reported from the Ridge in the 1920s and 1930s have gone including leopard, wild boar, wolf, blackbuck, and most of the nilgais.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Hindi nīlgāī, from nīl ‘blue’ + gāī ‘cow’.

 
 
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