Definition of Damaliscus lunatus

1. Noun. A large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal.

Exact synonyms: Sassaby, Topi
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Damaliscus, Genus Damaliscus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Damaliscus Lunatus

Dalrymple's sign
Dalton
Dalton's law
Dalton's law of partial pressures
Dalton-Henry law
Dalton Trumbo
Daltonian
Daltonism
Daly
Dam methyltransferase
Dam unit
Dama
Dama dama
Damalinia
Damaliscus
Damaliscus lunatus (current term)
Daman
Daman and Diu
Damaraland mole rat
Damaris
Damascene conversion
Damascus
Damascus barrel
Damascus barrels
Damascus steel
Damask steel
Dame's violet
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Dame Alice Ellen Terry
Dame Alicia Markova

Literary usage of Damaliscus lunatus

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

1. Portuguese East Africa: The History, Scenery, & Great Game of Manica and Sofala by Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham (1906)
"On certain of the flats near the Pungwe River, the Hartebeeste is found in the company of his distant relative the Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), ..."

2. Sport in East Central Africa: Being an Account of Hunting Trips in by Frederick Vaughan Kirby (1899)
"... (Damaliscus lunatus). This antelope does not appear to extend north of the Zambesi, so that in the Mozambique Province it is unknown, ..."

3. Science in South Africa: A Handbook and Review by William Flint, John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1905)
"... division of Cape Colony, but preserved in fenced camps in many parts of the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal. Damaliscus lunatus— ..."

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