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Meaning of "onager"
Onager: A type of wild ass native to arid regions in Asia. It is known for its agility, speed, and distinctive appearance, featuring a reddish-brown coat and white belly
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- 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).
- 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.
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They saw an onager before he could see it.
Asiatic cheetahs may have preyed on onager foals.
A hasty or onager must be dropped so that it gives check see below.
An attack by a leopard on an onager was also recorded.
Another example depicts an animal which might be a roe deer or an onager.
The onager has a black stripe that extends down its back.
Pencroft harnessed the onager.
Ostrich egg shells and onager bones shed light on the fauna of the time.
Onager Mangonels are also sometimes referred to as Onagers.
The dorsal stripes of the onager and kiang are dark brown and especially vivid.
A drawing of a Persian onager.
The onager was the main Roman invention in the field.
They also made use of a one armed torsion stone-projector named the onager.
The onager is preyed upon by apex predators such as Persian leopard and striped hyenas.
IUCN considers the Equus hemoniuos as being vulnerable, and the Equus onager as being endangered.
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The Onager can be seen in a large captive breeding enclosure at Shawmari.
My homeland neighbors, onager and moose!
Thankfully, the Onager had survived the initial onslaught and was holding its own.
Debates over the taxonomic identity of the onager occurred until 1980.
Because the male onager leans on it… We need to block it.
The Mongolian wild ass ( " Equus hemionus hemionus ", also called the, ) is a subspecies of the onager.
IUCN considers Equus hemionus as being “ Vulnerable ”, and Equus onager as being “ Endangered ”.
