onagers
- plural of onager.
Example Sentences
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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
‘I need you to go with Dakota and Leila. While they’re stirring trouble in the ranks, trying to delay the attack, you have to find a way to sabotage those onagers.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
And the Romans had six onagers, all stocked with piles of ammunition.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
As a result, although similar in other respects to ancestral donkeys, onagers have never been domesticated.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The siege weapons — six golden onagers the size of houses - were arrayed behind in a loose semicircle, three on each flank.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
