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Definition of Hippotragus niger
1. Noun. Large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Hippotragus, Hippotragus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippotragus Niger
Literary usage of Hippotragus niger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1902)
"... is so much broken that its form and length cannot be clearly made out; it must
have been much shorter than in an adult, individual of hippotragus niger. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Closely related to this buck is the sable antelope (hippotragus niger) from the
eastern Transvaal and ..."
3. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"hippotragus niger; the Sable Antelope. Common in Nyasaland, and said to be present
in German and Portuguese East Africa. Order, EDENTATA. Sub-order, Manes. ..."
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