swartwitpensn.
/sfɑːtˈvɪtpɛns/, U.S. /ˌsfɑrtˈvɪtˌpɛns/, /ˌswɑrtˈwɪtˌpɛns/, South African English /sfɑːtˈvɪtpens/ South African.
= sable antelope at sable n.2 5.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Hippotragus > Hippotragus niger (sable antelope)
sable antelope1838
potoquane1850
harrisbuck1863
swartwitpens1869
1869 J. T. Baines Diary 31 Aug. (1946) I. 137 We saw a fine troop of Zwart-wit-pens..or Harris bucks.
1880 E. F. Sandeman Eight Months in Ox-waggon 254 We rode along..hoping to find..a swartwitpense [sic] feeding on the luxuriant grass.
1889 H. A. Bryden Kloof & Karroo xvi. 284 The Sable antelope, ‘zwart wit pens’—i.e. black with white belly.
1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xx. 265 Game was abundant: eland, giraffe, wildebeeste, zebra, swart witpenz,..and innumerable rhinoceros.
1951 Cape Argus 8 Dec. 4/3 He and Conroy spotted a fine buck—a swartwitpens.
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