dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ona_MW.json
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{
"onager":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an Asian wild ass ( Equus hemionus onager synonym E. onager ) that usually has a broad dorsal stripe and is related to the kiang":[],
": a heavy catapult used in ancient and medieval times":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4-ni-j\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Now, analysis of DNA extracted from the bones buried at Umm el-Marra has revealed the animal was a cross between a donkey, which was domesticated at the time, and the now-extinct Syrian wild ass, sometimes called hemippe or an onager . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Researchers have uncovered thousands of bone fragments at the site, including remains from horses, extinct wild oxen known as aurochs, and donkey relatives called onagers . \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic , 24 July 2019",
"The two of them once passed two very happy weekends of courtship in attempts to reconstruct an ancient catapult called an onager . \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED , 18 June 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, wild ass, from Latin, from Greek onagros , from onos ass + agros field \u2014 more at acre":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182533"
},
"onanism":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": masturbation":[],
": coitus interruptus":[],
": self-gratification":[
"the kind of intellectual onanism to which he was dedicated",
"\u2014 Esther P. Shiverick"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
"\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccniz-\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from New Latin onanismus , from Onan , son of Judah (Genesis 38:9)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231041"
},
"Onagraceae":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales having an inferior ovary, 2 or 4 petals, 1 to 8 stamens, and a simple style":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4n\u0259\u02c8gr\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Onagra + -aceae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044713"
},
"onagraceae":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales having an inferior ovary, 2 or 4 petals, 1 to 8 stamens, and a simple style":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4n\u0259\u02c8gr\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Onagra + -aceae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-180613"
},
"Ona":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Chonan people of Tierra del Fuego off the southern tip of South America \u2014 compare fuegian":[],
": a member of such people":[],
": the language of the Ona people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dn\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-013021"
}
}