impalan.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɑːlə/,

/ɪmˈpalə/, U.S.

/ɪmˈpælə/,

/ɪmˈpɑlə/

Forms: also impalla, mpala.

Etymology: Zulu. Compare pallah n.

An antelope ( Æpyceros melampus) inhabiting parts of South 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Aepyceros (impala)

pallah1802

red-buck1813

rooibok1824

impala1875

1875 W. H. Drummond Large Game & Nat. Hist. S. & S.-E. Afr. vii. 330 The roibok or impalla..is about the size of a small reed-buck doe, though more slenderly made.

1875 W. H. Drummond Large Game & Nat. Hist. S. & S.-E. Afr. vii. 330 These impalla..could easily distance any dog I possessed.

1886 W. M. Kerr Far Interior I. ii. 29 It was here [i.e. in Boatlanama] that I shot my first antelope—a fine impala (Æpyceros Melampus), with a good head.

1888 P. Gillmore Days & Nights by Desert xvii. 136 (caption) The Mpala Antelope (Æpyceros Melampus).

1896 F. V. Kirby In Haunts of Wild Game 546 Impala of the Swazis and Zulus, Pala of the Basuto.

1900 Field 6 Jan. 25/1 I have shot quite a number of impala since, but have not been able to secure a better pair of horns.

1907 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 302 We sat like statues as the impala walked out from its stall between Teddy's knees.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Dec. 983/4 Graceful photographs of impalla, eland, and other antelope.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xiii. 87 The impala (Æpyceros melampus)—Discovered by..Lichtenstein more than a hundred years ago, and variously termed impala, pallah, and rooibok, this antelope may claim to be one of the most beautiful and graceful members of the existing African fauna.

1965 ‘A. Nicol’ Truly Married Woman 44 It was, after all, only a red-buck, an impalla, that they were afraid of.

1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. xiv. 394 Impala in East Africa do not move far from their restricted home range.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impala
释义	impalan. Brit. /ɪmˈpɑːlə/, /ɪmˈpalə/, U.S. /ɪmˈpælə/, /ɪmˈpɑlə/ Forms: also impalla, mpala. Etymology: Zulu. Compare pallah n. An antelope ( Æpyceros melampus) inhabiting parts of South 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. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Aepyceros (impala) pallah1802 red-buck1813 rooibok1824 impala1875 1875 W. H. Drummond Large Game & Nat. Hist. S. & S.-E. Afr. vii. 330 The roibok or impalla..is about the size of a small reed-buck doe, though more slenderly made. 1875 W. H. Drummond Large Game & Nat. Hist. S. & S.-E. Afr. vii. 330 These impalla..could easily distance any dog I possessed. 1886 W. M. Kerr Far Interior I. ii. 29 It was here [i.e. in Boatlanama] that I shot my first antelope—a fine impala (Æpyceros Melampus), with a good head. 1888 P. Gillmore Days & Nights by Desert xvii. 136 (caption) The Mpala Antelope (Æpyceros Melampus). 1896 F. V. Kirby In Haunts of Wild Game 546 Impala of the Swazis and Zulus, Pala of the Basuto. 1900 Field 6 Jan. 25/1 I have shot quite a number of impala since, but have not been able to secure a better pair of horns. 1907 J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 302 We sat like statues as the impala walked out from its stall between Teddy's knees. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Dec. 983/4 Graceful photographs of impalla, eland, and other antelope. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xiii. 87 The impala (Æpyceros melampus)—Discovered by..Lichtenstein more than a hundred years ago, and variously termed impala, pallah, and rooibok, this antelope may claim to be one of the most beautiful and graceful members of the existing African fauna. 1965 ‘A. Nicol’ Truly Married Woman 44 It was, after all, only a red-buck, an impalla, that they were afraid of. 1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. xiv. 394 Impala in East Africa do not move far from their restricted home range. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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