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单词 sable antelope
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sable antelope
5. In full sable antelope. A large stout-horned antelope, Hippotragus (Ægocerus) niger, native of South and East Africa, the male of which is of a deep black colour.
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sable antelope1838
potoquane1850
harrisbuck1863
swartwitpens1869
1838 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 108 A large and beautiful new species of antelope has recently reached this country from Africa. It belongs to the sub-genus Aigoceros, and the discoverer has proposed to name it A. niger, (Sable Antelope).
1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xvii. 6 An old buck of the sable antelope, the rarest and most beautiful animal in South Africa.
1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt ix. 199 I saw the head and horns of a grand sable, looking straight at me.
1900 E. S. Grogan & A. H. Sharp From Cape to Cairo v. 49 I saw two grand bull sable browsing.
1990 J. D. Skinner & R. H. N. Smithers Mammals S. Afr. Subregion 676 The name sable is unfortunate as only old adult bulls are sable in colour.
2005 J. D. Skinner & C. T. Chimimba Mammals S. Afr. Subregion 664 Sable are a savanna woodland species and their distribution is confined to the south-eastern portion of the African continent.
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