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Definition of Nilghai
1. nilgai [n -S] - See also: nilgai
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nilghai
Literary usage of Nilghai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"of tune," Torpenhow said to the nilghai. " It's never touched except by you. ...
The life of the nilghai is fraud and slaughter, His writings are watered ..."
2. The Light that Failed by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
""The nilghai only comes when I'm out." "That's because you're always out. ...
The life of the nilghai is fraud and slaughter, His writings are watered ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"They returned to the nilghai the next night, and finished it. I have here a
photograph of the nilghai after the second night. You will see nothing is left ..."
4. Modern Pig-sticking by Alexander Ernest Wardrop (1914)
"I will give you a short account of two runs after nilghai to exemplify what I
... Both nilghai and Crispin were then travelling about as fast as anything I ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1901)
"The nilghai is very bovine in appearance, and to this resemblance to the cow it
owes its ... The nilghai prefers scrub jungle and tall grass to hide in, ..."
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