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Definition of: onager
(on′ə·jər) noun plural ·gers or ·gri (-grī)
1. A wild ass (Equus onager) of central Asia.
2. A medieval military engine by which stones were hurled with a slinglike device. [<L, a wild ass <Gk. onagros <onos an ass + agrios wild]
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