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nounnilghai (plural nilghais or nilghai)
plural nilghais
- alternativeAlternative form of nilgai.
[…]when the Pack drives the nilghai, the big blue cow, before them, and it seemed to come from the very ends of the earth, nearer, and nearer, and nearer, till it ended in a shriek snapped off short.
1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book
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nilghai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nilghai
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“nilghai.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nilghai. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nilghai,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nilghai.
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