onager
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- IPA /-ɡə/
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onager noun
- 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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hemionuscatapultbricoleequus hemionusassdziggetaihemioneghorkharkhurhemippehorsewild-assdzeggetaichigetaiequidbezoar goatonocentaur
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