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Meaning of PYGARG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\Py"garg\, Pygargus \Py*gar"gus\, [L. pygargus, Gr. ?,
literally, white rump; ? the rump + white: cf. F. pygargue.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope
   having a white rump. --Deut. xiv. 5.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The female of the hen harrier.
   (b) The sea eagle.
 
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Easton Bible Dictionary
 
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Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History.

 

 

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