Pygargus

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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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