saiga

A medium-sized antelope (Saiga tatarica) of the steppes of Eurasia, having a large fleshy snout and, in the male, ridged yellowish horns.

A ruminant of the genus Saiga, remarkable for the singular conformation of the head, which gives it a peculiar physiognomy.

[capitalized] (sā′ i-gä) [NL.] The typical and only genus of Saigidæ.

An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.

An antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.

goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis