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Definition of Onagers

Onagers
Onager On"a*ger, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L. onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.] 1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. --Fairholt. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.
onager
Koulan Kou"lan, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A wild horse (Equus, or Asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.] Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.
Onager
Onager On"a*ger, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. [L. onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.] 1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. --Fairholt. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A wild ass, especially the koulan.

Meaning of Onagers from wikipedia

- muzzle are white in most onagers, except for the Mongolian wild **** that has a broad black dorsal stripe bordered with white. Onagers are larger than donkeys...
- which case the onagers could be used for defense immediately. For Vegetius, the onagers were stone throwing machines. The range of the onager was increased...
- inhabited by Syrian onagers in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Ukraine. On August 30, 2014, Iranian officials reported that three Persian onagers were born in Khar...
- largest subspecies of the onagers. It is 200–250 cm long, 100–140 cm tall at the shoulder, and it weighs 200–240 kg. Male onagers are larger than the females...
- eventually wheels were added to increase mobility. Onager Mangonels are also sometimes referred to as Onagers. Onager catapults initially launched projectiles from...
- Persian onager from Iran was chosen as an appropriate subspecies to repo****te the Middle East as a replacement for the extinct E. h. hemippus onagers. The...
- chariot drawn by a pair of animals which have been variously identified as onagers, as mules: 37  or as hinnies.: 96  Mules were present in Israel and Judah...
- khur), also called the Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia. It is currently...
- century, Guillaume Henri Dufour adjusted this framework by arguing that onagers went out of use in medieval times, but were directly replaced by the counterweight...
- Standard of Ur, circa 2000 BC. These have been suggested to represent onagers, but are now thought to have been domesticated ****es. The African wild...