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PRONUNCIATION OF PYGARG

pygarg  [ˈpaɪɡɑːɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PYGARG

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Pygarg is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PYGARG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pygarg

The pygarg is an animal mentioned in the Bible in Deuteronomy 14:5, as one of the animals permitted for food. The Septuagint translates dishon as pygargos and the King James Version takes from there its term "pygarg." Henry Baker Tristram proposed it to be the antelope Addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3½ feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2½ 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.".

Definition of pygarg in the English dictionary

The definition of pygarg in the dictionary is a type of horned mammal. Other definition of pygarg is a bird of prey.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PYGARG


bagh
bɑːɡ
blague
blɑːɡ
Bundestag
ˈbʊndəsˌtɑːɡ
Camargue
kæˈmɑːɡ
darg
dɑːɡ
Laoag
lɑːˈwɑːɡ
nurhag
nʊˈrɑːɡ
oflag
ˈɒfˌlɑːɡ
Prague
prɑːɡ
Reichstag
ˈraiksˌtɑːɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PYGARG

pyemia
pyemic
pyet
pygal
pygidia
pygidial
pygidium
pygmaean
Pygmalion
pygmean
pygmies
pygmoid
pygmy
pygmy chimpanzee
pygmy glider
pygmy marmoset
pygmy possum
pygmyish
pygmyism
pygostyle

WORDS THAT END LIKE PYGARG

Augsburg
berg
Borg
Brandenburg
burg
Duisburg
erg
Freiburg
Hamburg
Heidelberg
homburg
Johannesburg
Limburg
Luxembourg
Luxemburg
marg
org
Petersburg
Salzburg
Strasbourg

Synonyms and antonyms of pygarg in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pygarg» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PYGARG

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The translations of pygarg from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pygarg» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pygarg
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pygarg
570 millions of speakers

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pygarg
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pygarg
380 millions of speakers
ar

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pygarg
280 millions of speakers

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pygarg
278 millions of speakers

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pygarg
270 millions of speakers

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pygarg
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pygarg
220 millions of speakers

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Pygarg
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pygarg
180 millions of speakers

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pygarg
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pygarg
85 millions of speakers

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Pygarg
85 millions of speakers
vi

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pygarg
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pygarg
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पर्जर्ग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pygarg
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antilope
65 millions of speakers

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pygarg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pygarg
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pygarg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pygarg
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

ribbok
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

pygarg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pygarg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pygarg

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PYGARG»

The term «pygarg» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.207 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PYGARG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pygarg

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYGARG»

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Bible Animals; being a description of every living creature ...
The Dishon or Dyshon—Signitication of the word Pygarg—Certsinty that the Dishon is an antelope, and that it must be one of a few species—Former and present range of the Aildax—Description of the Addax—The Strepsiceros of Pliny .
John George WOOD (M.A.), Frederick William KEYL, George PEARSON (Engraver.), 1869
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Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature ...
THE PYGARG, OR ADDAX. The Dishon or Dysh0n—Signification of the word Pygarg—Certainty that the Dishon is an antelope, and that it must he one of a few species—Former and present range of the Addax—Description of the Addax— The ...
John George Wood, 1869
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Story of the Bible Animals / A Description of the Habits and ...
PYGARG,. OR. ADDAX. The Dishon or Dyshon—Signification of the word Pygarg —Certainty thattheDishonisan antelope, and that it must be one of a few species —Former and present range of the Addax—Description of theAddax. There is a ...
J. G. Wood, 2014
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The Journal of sacred literature, ed. by J. Kitto. ...
BIBLICAL ERRORS IN JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY. By Dr. Benisch. Sir, — Allow me to call the attention of the lexicographers of the English language to two mistakes in Johnson's Dictionary referring to Scripture. The Doctor explains ' pygarg ...
John Kitto, 1849
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The Journal of Sacred Literature
BIBLICAL ERRORS IN JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY. By Dr. Benisch. Sir, — Allow me to call the attention of the lexicographers of the English language to two mistakes in Johnson's Dictionary referring to Scripture. The Doctor explains ' pygarg' ...
John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper, 1849
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The avenger of blood. The soothsayer of No. The valley of angels
Pygarg; and thought, with a sighing soul, why troubleth he himself with me ? ” _ As they proceeded on their way, he again sent for her to his chariot; again accosted her with afl'able words, and pointed out the great objects of the kingdom  ...
William Howitt, 1835
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Scripture Natural History; being an account of the animals, ...
PYGARG.—This name occurs only in Deut. xiv. 4, as an equivalent for the Hebrew dishon, which is mentioned among the clean animals. The Hebrew term is supposed by some authorities to mean an ash-coloured, by others a leaping, animal.
‎1864
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The Natural History of the Bible: Being a Review of the ...
Henry Baker Tristram. PORCUPILE(Irystfl'z crirtata.) without trouble. The porcupine is found in Southern Europe, the whole of North Africa, and Western Asia. Elsewhere its place is taken by other similar species. PYGARG. Heb. dish6m—In the ...
Henry Baker Tristram, 1867
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Pantika
Pygarg; and thought, with a sighing soul, why troubleth he himself with me ? " As they proceeded on their way, he again sent for her to his chariot; again accosted her with affable words, and pointed out the great objects of the kingdom through ...
William Howitt, 1835
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Pantika: or, Traditions of the most ancient times
Pygarg; and thought, with a sighing soul, why troubleth he himself with me ? " As they proceeded on their way, he again sent for her to his chariot; again accosted her with affable words, and pointed out the great objects of the kingdom through ...
William Howitt, 1835

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYGARG»

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Was Marius the giraffe kosher?
“These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, the hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and ... «Haaretz, Feb 14»

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