impala
an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
Origin of impala
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How to use impala in a sentence
His New Year’s night becomes interesting after Deborah Ibaneza, an alluring impala, hires him to look into a job for her employer, Natasha Catzenko, a nightclub owner.
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A guy in a classic Chevy impala stops to high-five people passing him.
Two months later, after Raymond had been released, Coy bought his wife a new Chevrolet impala.
But that which lay in her hand was a flat bag, made of the dressed skin of an impala.
The Induna's Wife | Bertram Mitford
It was an impala, a species of antelope, and was evidently in the last stage of exhaustion.
The Forest of Mystery | James H. FosterTwo African hunting dogs were pursuing the impala and were gaining rapidly.
The Forest of Mystery | James H. FosterThere we had nobler game to follow—wildebeest and hartebeest, impala, and now and then a koodoo.
Prester John | John Buchan
British Dictionary definitions for impala
/ (ɪmˈpɑːlə) /
an antelope, Aepyceros melampus, of southern and eastern Africa, having lyre-shaped horns and able to move with enormous leaps when disturbed
Origin of impala
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