Syagush
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of caracal. obsolete
"1774?, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature The jackall, the syagush, the wolf, and the dog, are of this kind; they pursue with patience rather than swiftness; their prey flies at first, and leaves them for miles behind; but they keep on with a constant steady pace […]"
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More examples"1774?, Oliver Goldsmith, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature The jackall, the syagush, the wolf, and the dog, are of this kind; they pursue with patience rather than swiftness; their prey flies at first, and leaves them for miles behind; but they keep on with a constant steady pace […]"
Etymology
Corruption of Iranian Persian سیاهگوش (siyâh-guš, literally “black-ear”)
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