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Meanings of onager in English

Russian
кулан
Portuguese
onagro
Spanish
hemion
Catalan
hemió
Wikidata

Species of mammal.

        Related terms
        кулан
        Russian
        онагр
        Portuguese
        onagro
        Catalan
        onagre
        Spanish
        onagro
        Wikidata

        Roman siege engine.

                Related terms
                онагр
                Portuguese
                manganela
                Catalan
                catapulta
                Spanish
                mangonel

                An engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles.

                    manganela
                    Usage of onager in English
                    1
                    At that moment Pencroft stopped the onager, and in a hoarse voice,-
                    The Mysterious Island
                    2
                    Image: Persian onager foal born Sept. 7 at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.
                    Wired
                    3
                    We then loaded the onager with the acorns and moved homewards.
                    Swiss Family Robinson
                    4
                    We then loaded the onager with the acorns, and moved homeward.
                    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3
                    5
                    The wild ass and onager roamed in small herds between the Balikh and the Tigris.
                    History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
                    6
                    She couldn't bring herself to hunt horses again, and even the onager made her uncomfortable.
                    The Valley of Horses
                    7
                    With the cub hanging on-hissharp little teeth had broken the skin-theonager went down.
                    The Valley of Horses
                    8
                    Closely related to the North African ass is the Asiatic ass, also known as the onager.
                    Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
                    9
                    The thin ranks of the endangered Persian onager were joined Sept. 7 by a newborn foal.
                    Wired
                    10
                    Can that be Swift, our young onager?'
                    Swiss Family Robinson
                    11
                    Fritz was content with the onager.
                    Swiss Family Robinson
                    12
                    The wild ass, Gorkhar of Persia (Equus onager), is frequent on the sandy tracts in the south-west.
                    The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                    13
                    Marines assembled the ship's armoury of weapons, checked the crossbows, and oiled the large stone-throwing onager at the bows.
                    Stonewielder
                    14
                    The cart came out, the gate was reclosed, and the onager, led by Pencroft, advanced at a slow pace.
                    The Mysterious Island
                    15
                    Now, too, the onager, the goats, and the sheep in the corral furnished daily the milk necessary to the colony.
                    The Mysterious Island
                    16
                    The onager of Mesopotamia is a very beautiful animal, with its grey glossy coat, and its lively and rapid action.
                    History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...