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Webster 1913 Edition


Koulan


Kou′lan

,
Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A wild horse (
Equus onager
or
Asinus onager
) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; – called also
gour
,
khur
, and
onager
.
[Written also
kulan
.]
☞ It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.

Definition 2024


koulan

koulan

See also: kòulán

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koulan (plural koulans)

  1. A subspecies of onager (Equus hemionus), Equus hemionus kulan.

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