nilgai
(ˈniːlgaɪ)
Also -ghye.
[a. Hindī nīlgāī, f. nīl blue + gāī cow.]
= nylghau.
| 1882 Mem. Gen. W. E. Baker 11 (Yule), Occasionally..one intruded on the solitude of a huge nilgai. 1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts II. 157 In India we find one variety of large size, the nilghye (Portax picta). 1893 Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 145 The well-known nilgai, or more correctly nilgau,..of Peninsular India. |