Ambunaga, Aṃbunāga, Ambunāga: 1 definition

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃbunāga (ಅಂಬುನಾಗ):—

1) [noun] any of a family (Hippopotamyidae) of large, plant-eating, artiodactylous mammals with a heavy, thick-skinned, almost hairless body and short legs, that live chiefly in or near rivers; hippopotamus.

2) [noun] any of numerous saltwater or freshwater snakes; esp. any of a widely distributed genus (Natrix) of thick-bodied, non-poisonous, freshwater colubrine snakes that feed chiefly on fish and amphibians; water-snake.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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