Category:Pygarg

Py"garg, py*gar"gus,etym: [l. pygargus, gr. pygargue.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: a quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope having a white Rump. Deut. xiv. 5.

2. (zoöl.) (a) the female of the hen harrier. (b) the sea eagle.

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Pygarg - Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deuteronomy 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History.