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sable antelope

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sable antelope
n.
A large African antelope (Hippotragus niger) having backward-curving horns and a usually dark coat.
sable antelope
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large black E African antelope, Hippotragus niger, with long backward-curving horns
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Noun1.sable antelope - large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving hornssable antelope - large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
Hippotragus niger
antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
genus Hippotragus, Hippotragus - sable antelopes
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We didn't get a sniff of the endangered Sable antelope for which the park is famous and, unfortunately, there wasn't a cat in sight.
Giraffic Park; RACHEL MURPHY'S ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SAFARI by The Mirror (London, England)
And while they are plastered on bank notes and company logos, only a handful of people have actually seen the giant sable antelope -- or palanca negra gigante as they are known in Portuguese, the official language -- in the flesh or beheld their majestic metre-and-a-half (more than five-foot) horns.
Once feared extinct, Angolan sable wins new hope for survival by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The sable antelope we sought out was also very rare (Roosevelt sable, sub-species was discovered by U.
Tanzania Safari by Kuhlmann, Jason / Generations
 
 
 
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