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ONAGER
onager, Equus hemionus
(noun) Asiatic wild ass
catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket
(noun) an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
onager (plural onagers or onagri)
The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).
Synonym: hemionus (obsolete)
(military, historical) A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult.
Hypernyms
• (military engine): catapult
Hyponyms
• (wild ass)
khulan, koulan, kulan (Equus hemionus kulan)
chigetai, dziggetai, Mongolian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus)
Coordinate terms
• (military engine): mangonel, trebuchet
Anagrams
• Gorean, Orange, Ragone, groane, orange
Source: Wiktionary
On"a*ger, n.; pl. L. Onagri, E. Onagers. Etym: [L. onager, onagrus, Gr.
1. (Rom.Antiq.)
Definition: A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A wild ass, especially the koulan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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