noun
large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
• Syn: ↑nilgai, ↑nylghau, ↑blue bull, ↑Boselaphus tragocamelus
• Hypernyms: ↑antelope
• Member Holonyms: ↑Boselaphus, ↑genus Boselaphus
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/nil"guy/, n., pl. nylghais, (esp. collectively) nylghai.
nilgai.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.