sable antelope
sable antelope noun: a large antelope, of species Hippotragus niger, of eastern and southern Africa.
Noun
sable antelope (plural sable antelopes)
- A large antelope, of species Hippotragus niger, of eastern and southern Africa.
- I saw a rhinoceros, buffalo (a large herd), eland, quagga, and sable antelope, the most beautiful of all the bucks, not to mention many smaller varieties of game, and three ostriches which scudded away at our approach like white drift before a gale.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
sable antelope meaning in Arabic
sable antelope in Arabic
- Hippotragus niger
- ظَبْي سَمُّورِيّ ẓaby sammūriyy
Forms of sable antelope
| plural | sable antelopes |
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Origin of sable antelope
probably from its sable black coloring
Questions about sable antelope
- What does sable antelope mean?
- Sable antelope means a large antelope, of species Hippotragus niger, of eastern and southern Africa.
- What is sable antelope in Arabic?
- Sable antelope in Arabic is ظَبْي سَمُّورِيّ (ẓaby sammūriyy). See Sable antelope meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is sable antelope?
- Sable antelope is a noun.
- What is the plural of sable antelope?
- The plural of sable antelope is sable antelopes.
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