saiga

From Russian сайга́ (sajgá), alternative form of сайга́к (sajgák), from Chagatai سایغاق‎ (saiɣak, “chamois”).

saiga (plural saigas)

1. Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.

   Synonym: saiga antelope

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205:

     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.

• (Saiga tatarica): steppe saiga

• (Saiga tatarica): Mongolian saiga, possibly a subspecies Saiga tatarica mongolica; Saiga borealis, possibly extinct or possibly including the Mongolian saiga

• saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saiga tatarica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Saiga tatarica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Russian сайга́ (sajgá).

saiga f (plural saighe)

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• gasai

saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer, definite plural saigaene)

1. saiga

saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer or saigaar, definite plural saigaene or saigaane)

1. saiga

• Hyphenation: sai‧ga

saiga f (plural saigas)

1. Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (Saiga tatarica, an antelope of Siberia)

saiga m (plural saigas)

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• saiga on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es