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MOUNTAIN NYALA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain nyala mean?
• MOUNTAIN NYALA (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN NYALA has 1 sense:
1. shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN NYALA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
mountain nyala; Tragelaphus buxtoni
Hypernyms ("mountain nyala" 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 ("mountain nyala" is a member of...):
genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus (African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks)
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