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Definition of Strepsiceros
1. Noun. African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Bovidae, Family Bovidae
Member holonyms: Bongo, Boocercus Eurycerus, Tragelaphus Eurycerus, Koodoo, Koudou, Kudu, Harnessed Antelope, Nyala, Tragelaphus Angasi, Mountain Nyala, Tragelaphus Buxtoni, Bushbuck, Guib, Tragelaphus Scriptus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strepsiceros
Literary usage of Strepsiceros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1885)
"Purchased, 1879. Genus Strepsiceros, Gray 4. Strepsiceros (? ... This specimen
agrees with Oreas and Strepsiceros Comptes Rendus, vol. lii. p. 297 (1861). ..."
2. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"Strepsiceros. Horns over back edge of orbit, in males only, spirally twisted,
ascending from ... Strepsiceros excelsus, Sundevall; Heuglin, Antil. p. 12. ..."
3. The Natural History of the Ruminating Animals, by William Jardine (1836)
"Antelope strepsiceros of Author*.—Striped Antelope, Pennant's Quad. ip 77.—The
Koodoo, Daniel.—Damalis (Strepsiceros), Smith in ..."
4. Big Game Shooting on the Equator by Francis Arthur Dickinson (1908)
"GREATER KUDU Strepsiceros KUDU SWAHILI : MALO M'KUBWA. MASAI : MALO "^HE finest
antelope in the world, bar none!" is how I first heard this species ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"Antilope Strepsiceros, Pallas.—Damalis (Strepsiceros) Strepsiceros, H. Smith,
... Strepsiceros Kudu, Gray, Cat. BM; Knowsley Menag. 26. t. 24. f. 2, young. ..."
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