saiga
English edit
Etymology edit
From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق (saiɣak, “chamois”).
Noun edit
saiga (plural saigas)
- Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
- Synonym: saiga antelope
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205:
- Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.
Synonyms edit
- (Saiga tatarica): steppe saiga
Coordinate terms edit
- (Saiga tatarica): Mongolian saiga, possibly a subspecies Saiga tatarica mongolica; Saiga borealis, possibly extinct or possibly including the Mongolian saiga
Translations edit
antelope
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Further reading edit
- saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Saiga tatarica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Saiga tatarica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
saiga f (plural saighe)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer, definite plural saigaene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer or saigaar, definite plural saigaene or saigaane)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: sai‧ga
Noun edit
saiga f (plural saigas)
- saiga (Saiga tatarica, an antelope of Siberia)
Spanish edit
Noun edit
saiga m (plural saigas)
See also edit
- saiga on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es