Definition of Saiga

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

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

Definition of Saiga

1. n. An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.

Definition of Saiga

1. Noun. An antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saiga

1. a small antelope [n -S]

Medical Definition of Saiga

1. An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears. Origin: Russ. Saika. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saiga

saices
saick
saicks
saics
said
said(a)
said and done
saide
saidest
saids
saids vaccines
saidst
saie
saif
saifs
saiga (current term)
saigas
saignée
saikei
saikeis
saikless
saikyr
saikyrs
sail
sail'd
sail-plan
sail close to the wind
sail curve
sail sound
sail through

Literary usage of Saiga

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

1. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"BM p. 51, t. 6. f. 1, 2 (skull and horns) ; 1. saiga ... Skull: nose-aperture large; intermaxillary bones rather short; rest like saiga.—Asia. 1. ..."

2. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"saiga.—This genus is composed of several species of Antelope, the males of which possess spiral and ... Such, for instance, is the saiga of Tartary (saiga ..."

3. A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions by Georges Cuvier (1834)
"Tkts endeavored to find out a bezoar of their own. peon*' THE saiga.i THE Scythian antelope, or saiga, is the only one of the species that is found n Europe ..."

4. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"... remember to post himself astern of a herd should he wish it to feed up to him—though he may possibly find that nature has provided the animal with saiga ..."

5. Martin's Natural History by F. Martin, Sarah Ann Myers (1870)
"The saiga (antelope saiga) lives in southern Russia, is of a yellowish brown, with yellow horns ; its upper lip is so long that in grazing it is obliged to ..."

6. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"THE saiga, OR SWOLLEN-NOSED GAZELLE This antelope, though grouped with the gazelles, which it resembles in its horns, is yet a very peculiar creature of ..."

7. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"BM p. 51, t. 6. f. 1, 2 (skull and horns) ; 1. saiga ... Skull: nose-aperture large; intermaxillary bones rather short; rest like saiga.—Asia. 1. ..."

8. Mammalia: Their Various Orders and Habits Popularly Illustrated by Typical by Louis Figuier, Guillaume Louis Figuier (1870)
"saiga.—This genus is composed of several species of Antelope, the males of which possess spiral and ... Such, for instance, is the saiga of Tartary (saiga ..."

9. A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions by Georges Cuvier (1834)
"Tkts endeavored to find out a bezoar of their own. peon*' THE saiga.i THE Scythian antelope, or saiga, is the only one of the species that is found n Europe ..."

10. Big Game Shooting by Clive Phillipps-Wolley (1894)
"... remember to post himself astern of a herd should he wish it to feed up to him—though he may possibly find that nature has provided the animal with saiga ..."

11. Martin's Natural History by F. Martin, Sarah Ann Myers (1870)
"The saiga (antelope saiga) lives in southern Russia, is of a yellowish brown, with yellow horns ; its upper lip is so long that in grazing it is obliged to ..."

12. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"THE saiga, OR SWOLLEN-NOSED GAZELLE This antelope, though grouped with the gazelles, which it resembles in its horns, is yet a very peculiar creature of ..."

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