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onagers

  • plural
    of onager.
    onager
    noun
    a near threatened wild ass, Equus hemionus, inhabiting southwestern Asia and formerly distributed also through the Middle East and eastern Asia: the onager is one of the fastest mammals, able to run, and sometimes exceed, 40 miles (64 km) per hour, and, unlike most donkeys and horses, it has never been domesticated.

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Conservationists at the zoo said there are less than 600 surviving wild onagers, but the birth "of the leggy youngster" could help safeguard the species from extinction.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024

‘The Acropolis is ringed with great siege weapons — onagers.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The onagers were arrayed behind them in a loose semicircle at three-hundred-yard intervals.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

He’s got lots of firepower, even without the onagers.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

We know from Sumerian and later depictions that onagers were regularly hunted, as well as captured and hybridized with donkeys and horses.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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