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   ‖Koulan (?), n. [Native name.] (Zool.) A wild horse (Equus onager or  Asinus onager) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager. [Written also kulan.]
   
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   ☞ It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.
   
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   ‖Onager (?), n.; pl. L. Onagri (#), E. Onagers (#). [L. onager, onagrus, Gr. .]
   1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.  Fairholt.
   
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   2. (Zool.) A wild ass of central Asia, especially the koulan (Equus hemionus syn. Equus hemippus syn. Equus onager, formely Asinus onager).
   
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