keitloa
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of keitloa
1830–40; said to be < Setswana
Example Sentences
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The moment the keitloa felt the fierce rider on its back, it made a desperate rush outward from the rocks, and shaking its huge body like an earthquake, it cast the lion to the plain.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
Hendrik had heard this about the keitloa, and no longer wondered at its having attacked him in the savage and unprovoked manner it had done.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
There is only one species of this animal in Abyssinia; this is the two-horned black rhinoceros, known in South Africa as the keitloa.
From The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs by Sir Samuel White Baker
When another hour had passed, and still the keitloa kept watching him from below, he became more than uneasy—he became alarmed.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
There is only one species of rhinoceros in Abyssinia; this is the two-horned black rhinoceros, known in South Africa as the keitloa.
From In the Heart of Africa by Sir Samuel White Baker
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