Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pygarg"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Pygarg
Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pygarg \Py"garg\, Pygargus \Py*gar"gus\, [L. pygargus, Gr. ?,
literally, white rump; ? the rump + white: cf. F. pygargue.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadruped, probably the addax, an antelope
having a white rump. --Deut. xiv. 5.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The female of the hen harrier.
(b) The sea eagle.
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