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African wild ass

[ af-ri-kuhn wahyld as ]

noun

  1. a critically endangered wild ass, Equus africanus, inhabiting arid regions of the Horn of Africa and formerly distributed also through Sudan, Egypt, and Libya: domesticated and interbred for centuries, the African wild ass is thought to be the ancestor of the domestic donkey.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of African wild ass1

First recorded in 1730–35

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