An ancient war engine used for hurling stones (6)

I believe the answer is:

onager

(Other definitions for onager that I've seen before include "Creature" , "equid" , "ancient weapon" , "Variety of wild ass found in central Asia" , "Asiatic wild ass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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