onager (Meaning)
onager (n)
an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
Asiatic wild ass
onager (n.)
A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.
A wild ass, especially the koulan.
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an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles, Asiatic wild assA military engine
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The onager, a wild Asian ass, is known for its speed and endurance.
Onagers have distinctive long ears and a striped mane running down their backs.
The Persian onager, once numerous in Iran, is now critically endangered.
Onagers prefer arid grasslands and steppes as their natural habitat.
