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sakabula S. Afr.|sækəˈbʊlə|
Also sac(c)aboola, etc.
[a. Zulu iSakabuli widow-bird.]
The long-tailed widow-bird, Euplectes progne, of the family Ploceidæ, the male of which is black, with red patches on the wings and very long tail-feathers. Also fig.
1877M. A. Barker Year's Housekeeping S. Afr. ix. 179 Lynx tails hung down like lappets on each side of her face which was over-shadowed and almost hidden by the profusion of sakabula feathers. 1885Rider Haggard King Solomon's Mines viii. 127 They wore upon their heads heavy black plumes of Sacaboola feathers, like those which adorned our guides. 1896H. L. Tangye In New S. Afr. iv. 105 One of the most strange inhabitants of the Transvaal is a small black bird, the Sakabula. 1912E. London Dispatch 20 July 3 They bartered the highly prized tail feathers of the sakaboola bird. 1937S. Cloete Turning Wheels 362 A saccabula, gorgeous in his black spring feathers, his wings blotched with red, flew past them followed by his wives that were grey and dull. 1951R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse x. 144 The finest variety [of widow-bird], the ‘Sakabula’, is quite a common sight. 1973Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth) 28 Apr. 3 The long-tailed black widow birds commonly known as sakabullas. |