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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Example Sentences

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

A third had cut a huge chunk out of a leg of sable antelope, and having plastered it thickly with mustard, was devouring it in great bites, the tears streaming down his face the while.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

"He rode that way alone after a sable antelope."

From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)