单词 | sassaby |
释义 | sassabyn. A large antelope ( Alcelaphus lunata), a native of South Africa, sometimes called the Bastard Hartebeest. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Alcelaphinae > genus Damaliscus > Damaliscus lunatus (korrigum) sassaby1820 korrigum1826 tiang1894 topi1894 1820 S. Daniell Sketches S. Afr. 18 The Sasayby is an Antelope, heretofore not described, found in the Booshwana country. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 90/2 They consider it as a kindred species with the Hartebeest of the colonists... The Booshwanas call it Sassaby. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxxii. 342 Presently I came across two sassaybys, one of which I knocked over. 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. vii. 135 The tsessebe. a1875 J. T. Baines Gold Regions S.E. Afr. (1877) 66 Gee shot a Sassaybe, or bastard hartebeest. 1897 H. H. Johnston Brit. Central Afr. 326 The tsessebe or sassaby of S. Africa. 1907 W. C. Scully By Veldt & Kopje 201 Opportunity to lay low koodoo, sable and tsessabi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820 |
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