Onager synonyms

ŏn'ə-jər

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equus-hemionus
A taxonomic species within the genus Equus.
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catapult
An instance of firing a missile from a catapult.
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arbalest
A late form of medieval crossbow, having a steel prod, or bow.
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arbalist
Alternative form of arbalest.
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ballista
An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.
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bricole
(Military) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used.
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mangonel
A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
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trebuchet
A medieval engine of war powered by a counterweight and used to hurl large stones and other missiles
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trebucket
Alternative spelling of trebuchet.
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Find another word for onager. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for onager, like: equus-hemionus, catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, trebuchet and trebucket.
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Onager Sentence Examples

  • Cases of fertile union are recorded between the horse and the quagga, the horse and the bonte-quagga or Burchell's zebra, the horse and the onager and kiang or Asiatic wild asses, the common ass and the zebra, the ass and bontequagga, the ass and the onager, the onager and the zebra, and the onager and the bonte-quagga.

  • The wild ass, Gorkhar of Persia (Equus onager), is frequent on the sandy tracts in the south-west.

  • A larger catapult called an onager fired stone shots weighing about 50kg and could hit a target 270 meters away!

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