Definition of Saiga tatarica

1. Noun. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.

Exact synonyms: Saiga
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Saiga

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saiga Tatarica

Sahelian
Sahelians
Sahelo-
Sahidic
Sahiwal
Sahiwals
Sahos
Sahrawi
Sahrawis
Sahul
Said
Saida
Saidi Arabic
Saidpur
Saiga tatarica (current term)
Saigon
Saigon cinnamon
Saikat
Saiko-komon
Sailesh
Saimaa ringed seal
Saimaa ringed seals
Saimiri sciureus
Saint
Saint's triad
Saint-Bernard's-lily
Saint-Denis
Saint-Domingue
Saint-John's-bread

Literary usage of Saiga tatarica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"Saiga tatarica. The COLUS or SAIGA. Pale yellowish, crown and back greyish washed; ... Saiga tatarica, Gray, Knowsley Menag. 3. Inhabits Siberia. Cab. Brit. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological by Zoological Society of London Committee of Science and Correspondence, Committee of Science and Correspondence, Zoological Society of London (1850)
"Saiga tatarica. The COLUS or SAIGA. Pale yellowish, crown and back greyish washed; ... Saiga tatarica, Gray, Knowsley Menag. 3. Inhabits Siberia. Cab. Brit. ..."

3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1850)
"Saiga tatarica. The COLUS or SAIGA. Capra Tatarica, Linn. SN 97. ... Saiga tatarica, Gray, Knowsley Menag. 3. Pale yellowish, crown and hack greyish washed ..."

4. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"... Saiga tatarica. THE SAIGA, OR SWOLLEN-NOSED GAZELLE This antelope, though grouped with the gazelles, which it resembles in its horns, ..."

5. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"SAIGA (Saiga tatarica). One of the most remarkable of all antelopes is the Central Asian saiga, which, although belonging to the same group as the blackbuck ..."

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