pygarg

noun

variants or less commonly pygargus

plural pygargs also pygarguses

1

obsolete : a white-rumped ungulate (as an addax)

2

obsolete : sea eagle

Word History

Etymology

Latin pygargus, an antelope, an eagle, from Greek pygargos, literally, white rump, from pyg- + argos white

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