NYLGHAI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nylghai mean? 

• NYLGHAI (noun)
  The noun NYLGHAI has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NYLGHAI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NYLGHAI (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 ("nylghai" 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 ("nylghai" is a member of...):

Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus (Indian antelopes: nilgais)