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Definition of Sable antelope
1. Noun. Large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Hippotragus, Hippotragus
Definition of Sable antelope
1. Noun. A large antelope ''(Hippotragus niger)'' of eastern and southern Africa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sable Antelope
Literary usage of Sable antelope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa: With by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1851)
"I went forth on foot, accompanied by Ruyter, and ascended the mountain immediately
above my camp to seek for sable antelope. I had the satisfaction to ..."
2. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"So far as my memory serves me, I think that the wild dogs I came across—with the
exception of a single animal which was chasing a sable antelope bull—were ..."
3. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... to Secure the Mother Cheetah—Game-Pits —Appearance of the Veld—The Approach
of Spring- Chasing sable antelope—Fort Charter—Former Matabele Depredations ..."
4. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... to Secure the Mother Cheetah—Game-Pits —Appearance of the Veld—The Approach
of Spring— Chasing sable antelope—Fort Charter—Former Matabele Depredations ..."
5. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... to Secure the Mother Cheetah—Game-Pits —Appearance of the Veld—The Approach
of Spring- Chasing sable antelope—Fort Charter—Former Matabele Depredations ..."
6. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"The sable antelope is extremely common. Next to the Kudu, perhaps, ... Fortunately
the sable antelope is still extremely common in Nyasaland though it is ..."
7. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"... buck of the sable antelope, the rarest and most beautiful animal in Africa.
It is large and powerful, partaking considerably of the nature of the ibex. ..."
8. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1906)
"... buck of the sable antelope, the rarest and most beautiful animal in Africa.
It is large and powerful, partaking considerably of the nature of the ibex. ..."
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