sable antelope

American  

noun

1. 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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sable antelope British  

noun

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

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sable antelope

Fischer said in his email that he and his wife shot at least 14 animals, including a waterbuck, an impala, a leopard and a sable antelope, the Statesman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2018

Mr. Selby undoubtedly excelled at the latter, helping his clients track and shoot thousands of elephants, lions, leopards, buffalo, impala, wildebeest, sable antelope and fowl.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2018

Now Indian axis deer, African eland, wildebeests, Grevy's zebras and sable antelope roam Bentsen's range.

From Time Magazine Archive

Evidently what had happened was this: The sable antelope had come down to drink at the pool where the lion—no doubt the same which we had heard—was lying in wait.

From King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Henry Rider

In Africa that list should include the eland, white rhinoceros, blessbok, bontebok, kudu, giraffes and southern elephants, sable antelope, rhinoceros south of the Zambesi, leucoryx antelope and whale-headed stork.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple