Crossword clues for sassaby
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sassaby \Sas"sa*by\, Sassabye \Sas"sa*bye\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large African antelope ( Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
Wiktionary
alt. (context dated English) A large African antelope ((taxlink Alcelaphus lunata species noshow=1), now (taxlink Damaliscus lunatus species noshow=1)), similar to the hartebeest, but having its horns regularly curved. n. (context dated English) A large African antelope ((taxlink Alcelaphus lunata species noshow=1), now (taxlink Damaliscus lunatus species noshow=1)), similar to the hartebeest, but having its horns regularly curved.
WordNet
n. a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal [syn: topi, Damaliscus lunatus]
Wikipedia
Sassaby may refer to:
- Topi
- Common tsessebe
Usage examples of "sassaby".
Mixed with them were herds of brilliant yellow and red hartebeest, purple sassaby, and the great bovine eland, striped and maned and majestic.
The hills squeezed the herds into a denser mass, and when the harte-beest and sassaby tried to cross the ridges on either hand there was a line of screaming, weapon-brandishing men to meet and turn them from the crest.
Who shall ring round those feet swifter than the Sassaby of the plains?
Mixed with them were herds of brilliant yellow and red hartebeest, purple sassaby, and the great bovine eland, striped and maned and majestic.