Syagush

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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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"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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