nilgai

Noun

nil=gai

WORDNET DICTIONARY

nilgai(n = noun.animal) blue bull, boselaphus tragocamelus, nylghai, nylghau - large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns; Array

is a kind of antelope

is a member of boselaphus, genus boselaphus

nilgai, n. a large short-horned Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus.

Etymology

Hindi nilgai f. nil blue + gai cow