: a large bluish-gray antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) of India and eastern Pakistan with the male having short horns, a black mane, and tuft of long hair on the throat
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Most people who go nilgai hunting, after all, do get a nilgai.
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Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
The areas of grassland habitat are ready to provide food for the animals that lions prey upon like nilgai (blue bull), chital (spotted deer), sambhar, chinkara.
—Anup Dutta, Quartz India, 27 Nov. 2019
Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
The areas of grassland habitat are ready to provide food for the animals that lions prey upon like nilgai (blue bull), chital (spotted deer), sambhar, chinkara.
—Anup Dutta, Quartz India, 27 Nov. 2019
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“Nilgai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nilgai. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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