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Definition of Sassaby
1. Noun. A large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Damaliscus, Genus Damaliscus
Definition of Sassaby
1. n. A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
Definition of Sassaby
1. an African antelope [n -BIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sassaby
| sashoon sashoons sasin sasine sasines sasins saskatchewan saskatoon saskatoons sasparilla | sasparillas sasquatch sasquatches |
Literary usage of Sassaby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"sassaby or BASTARD HARTEBEEST (Damaliscus lunatus). ... The sassaby has the
reputation—in the opinion of all hunters who have tested its speed—of being the ..."
2. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"Concerning one of these animals, Gumming gives the following curious anecdote *
Having shot a sassaby as I watched the water, he immediately commenced ..."
3. The New Africa: A Journey Up the Chobe and Down the Okovanga Rivers; a by Aurel Schulz, August Hammar (1897)
"But the old sassaby, trotting into the open trees lining the laagte on the ...
The sassaby at last climbed on to a mound, an old grass-grown ant-heap on the ..."
4. The New Africa: A Journey Up the Chobe and Down the Okovanga Rivers; a by Aurel Schulz, August Hammar (1897)
"But the old sassaby, trotting into the open trees lining the laagte on the ...
The sassaby at last climbed on to a mound, an old grass-grown ant-heap on the ..."
5. Tales of a Nomad: Or, Sport and Strife by Charles Montague (1894)
"The sassaby is one of the fleetest of all antelopes. I slipped Four-and-six at
him, but although the dog started on good terms, ..."
6. Wood's Animal Kingdom: Illustrated by John George Wood (1870)
"But the sassaby is a thirsty animal, and needs to drink daily, ... Having shot
a sassaby as I watched the water, he immediately commenced choking from the ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"As we commence to descend the rise, half a dozen sassaby. which had been standing
behind some ... The movement of the sassaby arouses the rest of the game. ..."
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