sable antelope
a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
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How to use sable antelope in a sentence
The sable antelope seemed to me to be always more cautious than the roan antelope.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas | Stanley R. MatthewsI took up my position soon after sundown, and about 12 o'clock, as we had no meat, shot a male sable antelope.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas | Stanley R. MatthewsLed by a cow, a noble herd of sable antelope came slowly through the forest.
The Witch Doctor and other Rhodesian Studies | Frank WorthingtonSo the sable antelope might easily be bought by very unpleasant sacrifice.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign | Robert Valentine DolbeyOf these the best known is H. niger, the beautiful sable antelope.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
British Dictionary definitions for sable antelope
a large black E African antelope, Hippotragus niger, with long backward-curving horns
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