| 释义 |
Sanga|ˈsængə|
[Amharic.]
A bull or cow belonging to the East African breed so called, distinguished by large, lyre-shaped horns. Also attrib.
1814H. Salt Voy. Abyssinia 258, I was gratified by the sight of the Galla oxen, or Sanga. 1862Chambers's Encycl. IV. 583/1 Galla Ox, or Sanga, a remarkable species or variety of ox inhabiting Abyssinia. 1912R. Lydekker Ox & Its Kindred vii. 160 These Galla or Sanga cattle are generally white and have small or no humps, their muzzles being black... In stature these oxen are very large. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. xi. 283 The indigenous long⁓horned African breed—the Sanga cattle. 1970W. J. A. Payne Cattle Production in Tropics I. ii. 46 East Africa is the most likely centre of origin of the earliest Sanga cattle. |