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wild ass

/waɪld ˈæs/

wild ass noun: any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa.

wild ass: any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa
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Noun

wild ass (plural wild asses)

  1. Any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa.

wild ass meaning in Tamil and Arabic

wild ass in Tamil

காட்டுக் கழுதை

wild ass in Arabic

mammal
عَيْر ʕayr, فَرَأ faraʔ, عِلْج ʕilj, حِمَار بَرِّيّ ḥimār barriyy, حِمَار وَحْش ḥimār waḥš

Forms of wild ass

pluralwild asses
alternative formwild-ass

Words formed from wild ass

Questions about wild ass

What does wild ass mean?
Wild ass means any of several wild equine mammals closely related to donkey, endemic to Asia and northeast Africa.
What is wild ass in Tamil?
Wild ass in Tamil is காட்டுக் கழுதை. See Wild ass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wild ass?
Wild ass is a noun.
How do you pronounce wild ass?
Wild ass is pronounced /waɪld ˈæs/.
What is the plural of wild ass?
The plural of wild ass is wild asses.

Words near wild ass in the dictionary

  1. wild animals
  2. wild as a Tuckernuck steer
  3. wild as a wet hen
  4. wild asparagus
  5. wild asparaguses
  6. wild ass
  7. wild asses
  8. wild bachelor's button
  9. wild bachelor's buttons
  10. wild bachelor's-button
  11. wild bachelor's-buttons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wild ass (page history and authors); wild ass (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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