saiga
English
Etymology
From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, “chamois”).
Noun
saiga (plural saigas)
- Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
- Synonym: saiga antelope
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205:
- Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.
Synonyms
- (Saiga tatarica): steppe saiga
Coordinate terms
- (Saiga tatarica): Mongolian saiga, possibly a subspecies Saiga tatarica mongolica; Saiga borealis, possibly extinct or possibly including the Mongolian saiga
Translations
antelope
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Further reading
- saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Saiga tatarica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Saiga tatarica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer or saigaar, definite plural saigaene or saigaane)
Portuguese
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