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pallah|ˈpælə|
Also palla, paala, pala, phalla, phaala.
[ad. Sechwana p'hala, Zulu im-pala.]
An antelope (æpyceros melampus) inhabiting parts of S. Africa; it is dark-reddish above, dull-yellowish on the sides, and white beneath; the male has horns about twenty inches long and spreading in a lyrate figure.
1806Sir J. Barrow Journ. Leetakoo 407 This species of deer was called by the Booshuanas the Palla. 1812Plumptre tr. Lichtenstein's Trav. II. 324 That beautiful species of Antelope..which is called by the Beetjuans Phalla. 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. II. xi. 300 One is called Paala by the Bichuanas. 1857Livingstone Trav. iii. 56 The presence of the..pallah..is always a certain indication of water being within a distance of seven or eight miles. 1896Kirby Haunts Wild Game 546 Impala of the Swazis and Zulus, Pala of the Basuto. |