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Webster 1913 Edition
Koulan
‖
Kou′lan
,Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A wild horse (
Equus onager
or Asinus onager
) inhabiting the plains of Central Asia; – called also gour
, khur
, and onager
. [Written also
kulan
.] ☞ It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass.