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Mongolian wild ass
[ mong-goh-lee-uhn wahyld as, mon‐ ]
noun
- a wild ass, Equus hemionus hemionus, a subspecies of the onager, found in southern Mongolia and northern China: having had its populations in Kazakhstan and Siberia exterminated by unchecked hunting, the Mongolian wild ass is now classified as near threatened.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Mongolian wild ass1
First recorded in 1840–45
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