| 单词 | roan antelope |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroan antelope roan antelope n. a large African antelope, Hippotragus equinus, which has black-and-white facial markings, a mane of stiff hair, and large backwardly curving horns; cf. sense B. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Hippotragus > Hippotragus equinus (roan antelope) roan antelope1827 roan1895 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 177 The Roan Antelope. (A. Equina). This species exceeding the former by five or six inches. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 127 The roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) at one time ranged from Cape Colony up to Central Africa. 1970 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 16 Jan. 13/1 Going south along the lake is the Lambwe Valley Game Reserve, small and still undeveloped, but possessing the rare Roan Antelope. 2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 3/2 Bushmen use hand signals to indicate an animal they have spotted. An illustration of the signal to show a Roan antelope appears at the end of every feature article. < as lemmas |
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