sable antelope

sable antelope
A large antelope (Hippotragus niger) of eastern and southern Africa.

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  • Sable antelope — Sable Sa ble, a. Of the color of the sable s fur; dark; black; used chiefly in poetry. [1913 Webster] Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o er a slumbering world. Young. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sable antelope — n. a large antelope (Hippotragus niger) of South Africa, with long, scimitar shaped, ringed horns …   English World dictionary

  • Sable Antelope — Taxobox name = Sable Antelope status = LR/cd | status system = IUCN2.3 trend = down image width = 270px image caption = Sable Bull (Kafue, Zambia) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Bovidae… …   Wikipedia

  • sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species. * * * ▪ mammal  one of Africa s most impressive antelopes (antelope) and a member of the horse antelope tribe… …   Universalium

  • sable antelope — noun large black East African antelope with sharp backward curving horns • Syn: ↑Hippotragus niger • Hypernyms: ↑antelope • Member Holonyms: ↑Hippotragus, ↑genus Hippotragus * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • sable antelope — juodoji antilopė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Hippotragus niger angl. sable antelope vok. Rappenantilope rus. чёрная антилопа pranc. antilope noire; hippotrague noir ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • sable antelope — sa′ble an telope n. mam a large African antelope, Hippotragus niger, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat …   From formal English to slang

  • sable antelope — /seɪbəl ˈæntəloʊp/ (say saybuhl antuhlohp) noun a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, sabre like horns …  

  • Giant Sable Antelope — Taxobox name = Giant Sable Antelope status = CR status system = iucn2.3 trend = down image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Bovidae subfamilia = Hippotraginae genus = Hippotragus… …   Wikipedia

  • Sable — Sa ble, a. Of the color of the sable s fur; dark; black; used chiefly in poetry. [1913 Webster] Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o er a slumbering world. Young. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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