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Noun

1. arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket

an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

2. equus hemionus, onager

Asiatic wild ass

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Onager

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noun plural -gri (-ˌɡraɪ) or -gers
1. 
a Persian variety of the wild ass, Equus hemionus
Compare kiang
2. 
an ancient war engine for hurling stones

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Onager

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nounWord forms: plural ˈonaˌgri (ˈɑnəˌgraɪ ; änˈəgrīˌ) or ˈonagers
1. 
a wild ass (Equus hemionus onager) of central Asia
2. 
a catapult for throwing stones, used in ancient and medieval warfare

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Onager

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n.
1. A wild ass (Equus hemionus) of Asia, having an erect mane, a light brown coat, and a dark stripe along the back.
2. An ancient and medieval catapult, often employing a wooden arm with a short sling.

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