Pygarg

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pygarg \Py"garg\, Pygargus \Py*gar"gus\, [L. pygargus, Gr. ?,
     literally, white rump; ? the rump + white: cf. F. pygargue.]
     1. (Zool.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope
        having a white rump. --Deut. xiv. 5.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) The female of the hen harrier.
        (b) The sea eagle.
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Pygarg
     Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals
     permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It
     is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the
     shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long.
     Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black
     mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.",
     Tristram's Natural History.