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SAIGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saiga mean?
• SAIGA (noun)
The noun SAIGA has 1 sense:
1. goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
Familiarity information: SAIGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
saiga; Saiga tatarica
Hypernyms ("saiga" 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 ("saiga" is a member of...):
genus Saiga (Eurasian antelopes: saigas)
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