Look up: onager

1. onager
   [n] - Asiatic wild ass
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2. onager
   From the 4th century AD onwards, this was the name of the siege engine, which used a torsion engine (tormentum) driving a vertical firing arm to hurl objects. It was named after the wild ass, because of the way it kicked out when it fired. It was a wheel-mounted siege engine with stones held in a sling ejected from the vertical arm powered by the t…
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3. Onager
   Roman name for a Mangonel, literally a 'wild ass'
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4. Onager
   On'a·ger noun ; plural Latin Onagri , English Onagers . [ Latin onager , onagrus , Greek ....] 1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden buck...
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5. onager
   Origin: L. Onager, onagrus, Gr. ... 1. A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. ... 2. <zoology> A wild ass, especially the koulan. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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6. onager
   Equus hemionus noun Asiatic wild ass
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7. Onager
   • (n.) A wild ass, especially the koulan. • (n.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.
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8. onager
   (from the article `military technology`) ...in the horizontal plane, such as that described above, are called ballistae. There is no evidence that catapults in the narrow sense were used by ...
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9. onager
   (Equus hemionus onager), subspecies of the wild ass of Asia that ranged from northwest Iran to Turkmenistan. Pale-coloured and small, it has a short ... [2 related articles]
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10. onager
    onager (on'ujur) or Persian wild ass,wild ass of central Asia, Equus hemonius onager. One of the several races of Asian wild ass (E. hemonius), it formerly ranged widely across S Russia, Iran, and Afghanistan. A small, slenderly built animal, it stands about 4 ft (120 cm) high at the shoulder. I...
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11. Onager
    The Onager is a variety of the Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus), also called the ghorkhar, found in Western India and Baluchistan. It is pale in colour, has a broad dark stripe down the back, and is somewhat smaller than the kulan and is renowned for its speed.
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12. onager
    Wild ass found in western Asia. Onagers are sandy brown, lighter underneath, and about the size of a small horse. (Species Equus hemionus.)
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13. Onager
    It is sometimes known as the `Wild Asian Ass`. Like many other large grazing animals, the onager`s range has contracted greatly under the pressures of hunting and habitat loss, and of the six subspecies, one is extinct and two are endangered. The kiang (E. kiang), a Tibetan relative, was prev...
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14. Onager
    (siege weapon) The `onager` was a Roman siege engine, which derived its name from the kicking action of the machine, similar to that of an onager (wild ass). It is a type of catapult that uses torsional pressure, generally from twisted rope, to store energy for the shot. The onager consisted ...
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