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Meaning of sable antelope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A large antelope, of species Hippotragus niger, of eastern and southern Africa.

Equivalents

Afrikaans swartwitpens
Suomi musta-antilooppi
Italiano antilope nera
Русский чёрная антило́па
isiZulu impalampala

Examples

“I saw⟳ a rhinoceros, buffalo (a large herd), eland, quagga, and sable antelope, the most beautiful of all the bucks, not to mention⟳ many smaller varieties of game, and three ostriches which scudded away at our approach⟳ like⟳ white drift before a gale.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sable iron Sable Island sable mouse Sablé-sur-Sarthe sablefish sableness

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