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sai⋅ga

  [sahy-guh]
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–noun
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
Origin:
1795–1805; (< NL) < Russ saĭgá(k) < Turkic; cf. Chagatai sayğak
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sai·ga   (sī'gə)   
n.  A medium-sized goat antelope (Saiga tatarica) of the plains of northern Eurasia, having a large stubby snout and in the male ridged yellowish horns.

[Russian saĭga, of Turkic origin.]
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saiga

(Saiga tatarica), medium-sized hoofed mammal, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), that lives in herds in treeless steppe country. Once common from Poland to western Mongolia, it was greatly reduced by hunting and no longer exists in Eastern Europe. It was given complete protection by the Russian government in 1919 and since then has increased in numbers in Siberia.

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