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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2019-07-23 07:46 am

nilgai

nilgai (NIL-gay) - n., a large Indian antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus).


The males are bluish grey, the females tawny -- and it's the former that gives them the name, from Hindi nīlgāy, which means literally "dark-blue cow."

Nilgai being nila
Thanks, WikiMedia!

---L.

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