sable antelope

noun

1. a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.

sable antelope

noun

1. a large black E African antelope, Hippotragus niger, with long backward-curving horns

Example Sentences

The sable antelope seemed to me to be always more cautious than the roan antelope.

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I took up my position soon after sundown, and about 12 o'clock, as we had no meat, shot a male sable antelope.

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Led by a cow, a noble herd of Sable antelope came slowly through the forest.

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So the sable antelope might easily be bought by very unpleasant sacrifice.

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Of these the best known is H. niger, the beautiful Sable Antelope.

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