Found 2 items, similar to Hippotragus niger.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Hippotragus niger Hippotragus niger n : large black east African antelope with sharp back-curving horns [syn: sable antelope]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hippotragus niger 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), the lemming. [1913 Webster]