English

Alternative forms

• nilgai
• nilghau, nilgau
• nylghau, nylgau

Noun

nilghai ‎(plural nilghais or nilghai)

1. A short-horned Indian antelope.
   • 1895 — Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book

     ...when the Pack drives the nilghai, the big blue cow, before them, and it seemed to come from the very ends of the earth, nearer, and nearer, and nearer, till it ended in a shriek snapped off short.

Anagrams

• hailing