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sassaby
[ sas-uh-bee ]
noun
plural sassabies.
- a large, blackish-red South African antelope, Damaliscus lunatus, having curved horns.
sassaby
/ ˈæəɪ /
noun
- an African antelope, Damaliscus lunatus , of grasslands and semideserts, having angular curved horns and an elongated muzzle: thought to be the swiftest hoofed mammal
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sassaby1
1810–20; said to be < Tswana
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sassaby1
C19: from Bantu ٲêêê
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Baasjes know, he can run fast—faster even than the sassaby.
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At length, pushing on ahead, we saw before us a small antelope called a sassaby.
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On, swifter than a sassaby and surer-footed than a fox; now the worst of the road was passed, and a long, smooth slope, almost free from stones, led them to the grassy plain beneath.
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