saiga

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a migratory antelope of the Eurasian steppe with a distinctive enlarged, flexible nose

   A herd of saiga crossed the dry steppe in search of fresh grazing.

Borrowed from Russian saiga, from a Turkic source represented by Chagatai saighaq, a name for a wild antelope or chamois. Older zoological works placed it in Antilope; modern classifications use the genus Saiga.

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