Saiga
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Saiga is a noun meaning Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
Meaning
Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
Example Sentences
Its ʽcore faunaʼ consisted of the woolly mammoth, woolly rhino, saiga, muskox and the arctic fox. All except the woolly rhino evolved in the northern Arctic, and all had been evolving for several million years before their modern forms appeared.
Word Forms
- saigas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chikara, sasin, tarbagan, damalisk, irbis, argali.
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