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Nylgau   Listen
noun
Nylgau, Nylghau  n.  (Written also neelghau, nilgau, nylghai, and nylghaie)  (Zool.) A large Asiatic antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus, syn. Portax tragocamelus), found in Northern India; called also the blue bull. It has short horns, a black mane, and a bunch of long hair on the throat. The general color is grayish brown; the male is blue-grey with white markings, and the female is brownish with no horns.
Synonyms: nilgai, nylghai, blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus.






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... any rate; especially Wild devils caged. They have the coolest way Of being something else than what you see: You pass a sleek young zebra nosing hay, A nylghau ...
— Gloucester Moors and Other Poems • William Vaughn Moody



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