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Definition of Pallah

1. n. A large South African antelope (Æpyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.

Definition of Pallah

1. Noun. A large South African antelope (''Aepyceros melampus''). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pallah

1. the impala [n -S] - See also: impala

Medical Definition of Pallah

1. A large South African antelope (aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general colour is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Synonym: roodebok. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Pallah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Big Game Shooting by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"A full-grown pallah stands about 33 inches at the shoulder, and although not ... The sweep of a pallah's horns is bold and wide, and from tip to tip a good ..."

2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"pallah. See ANTELOPE. PALLAS. See ATHENA. PALLAS, PETER SIMON, a German traveller nd naturalist, born in Berlin, Sept. 22, 1741, Lied there, Sept. 8, 1811. ..."

3. Sport in Many Lands by H. A. L. (Henry Astbury Leveson) (1877)
"... two white patches on each cheek and several on the flanks: the abdomen and inside the legs are white. They are generally found in pairs. The pallah or ..."

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