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BLUE BULL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue bull mean? 

BLUE BULL (noun)
  The noun BLUE BULL has 1 sense:

1. large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no hornsplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE BULL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE BULL (noun)


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 ("blue bull" 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 ("blue bull" is a member of...):

Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)


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