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HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hippotragus niger mean?
• HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER (noun)
The noun HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER has 1 sense:
1. large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
Familiarity information: HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hippotragus niger; sable antelope
Hypernyms ("Hippotragus niger" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Holonyms ("Hippotragus niger" is a member of...):
genus Hippotragus; Hippotragus (sable antelopes)
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