Definitions for onagerˈɒn ə dʒər; -ˌgraɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

on•a•gerˈɒn ə dʒər; -ˌgraɪ(n.)(pl.)-gers; -gri

  1. a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of SW Asia.

    Category: Mammals

  2. a military catapult used in ancient and medieval times for throwing stones.

Origin of onager:

1300–50; ME < LL: machine for throwing projectiles, L wild ass < Gk ónagros (in both senses), alter. of ónos ágrios ass of the fields, wild ass (see acre )

Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

  2. onager, Equus hemionus(noun)

    Asiatic wild ass

Wiktionary

  1. onager(Noun)

    A wild ass, Equus hemionus, especially the koulan.

  2. onager(Noun)

    A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.

  3. Origin: From onager, onager, from onager, from Hellenistic ὄναγρος, from ὄνος + ἄγριος.


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