sable antelope en · NOUN
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Etymology
probably from its sable black coloring
Meanings
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A large antelope, of species Hippotragus niger, of eastern and southern Africa.
I saw a rhinoceros, buffalo (a large herd), eland, quagga, and sable antelope, the most beautiful of all the bucks, not to mention many smaller varieties of game, and three ostriches which scudded away at our approach like white drift before a gale.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
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| sable antelopes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (10)
sw mbarapi (Hippotragus niger) · nv jádítsoh bideeʼ shiyishígíí (Hippotragus niger) · af swartwitpens (Hippotragus niger) · zu impalampala (Hippotragus niger) · ru чёрная антило́па (Hippotragus niger) · it antilope nera (Hippotragus niger) · ro antilopa-samur (Hippotragus niger) · fr hippotrague noir (Hippotragus niger) · ar ظَبْي سَمُّورِيّ (Hippotragus niger) · sw palahala (Hippotragus niger)