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HIPPOTRAGUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sable antelopes

Synonyms:

genus Hippotragus; Hippotragus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hippotragus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Hippotragus"):

Hippotragus niger; sable antelope (large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns)

Holonyms ("Hippotragus" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)

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