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onager
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun onager has 2 senses
- onager(n = noun.artifact) arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, catapult, mangonel, trebuchet, trebucket - an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles; Array is a kind of engine
- onager(n = noun.animal) equus hemionus - Asiatic wild ass; Array is a kind of wild ass
has particulars: chigetai, dziggetai, equus hemionus hemionus
CIDE DICTIONARY
onager, n. [L. onager, onagrus, Gr. .].
- A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt. [1913 Webster]
- A wild ass of central Asia, especially the
koulan (Equus hemionus syn.Equus hemippus syn.Equus onager , formelyAsinus onager ). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
onager, n.
1 a wild ass, esp. Equus hemionus of Central Asia.
2 hist. an ancient military engine for throwing rocks.
1 a wild ass, esp. Equus hemionus of Central Asia.
2 hist. an ancient military engine for throwing rocks.
Etymology
ME f. L f. Gk onagros f. onos ass + agrios wild
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