hippotragus niger
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving hornsSynonyms: sable antelopeHippotragus niger
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sable \Sa"ble\, a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry. [1913 Webster]
Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. --Young. [1913 Webster]
Sable antelope (Zool.), a large South African antelope (Hippotragus niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath.
Sable iron, a superior quality of Russia iron; -- so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable.
Sable mouse (Zool.), the lemming. [1913 Webster]