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a Persian variety of the wild ass, Equus hemionus
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Onager

 

(Equus hemionus onager), a perissodactylous animal of the genus Equus; a subspecies of the Asiatic wild ass (E. hemionus). Sometimes the name “onager” is used as a synonym for the Asiatic wild ass.


Onager

 

a type of large catapult used in ancient Greece and Rome between the fourth century B.C. and the fifth century A.D. in besieging and defending forts. It hurled stones, barrels containing an incendiary mixture, and other projectiles weighing 30–500 kg at an angle of elevation of up to 45° over distances of 350–1,000 m.

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