Impala meaning

ĭm-pä'lə
A reddish-brown African antelope (Aepyceros melampus) that has long, curved horns in the male and is noted for its ability to leap.
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A medium-sized, reddish antelope (Aepyceros melampus) of central and S Africa.
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An African antelope Aepyceros melampus noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns,
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Origin of impala

  • Zulu ím-pàlà ím- n. pref. -pàlà impala
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Zulu impala.
    From Wiktionary

Impala Sentence Examples

  • impala antelope which make up nearly 80% of the wild dogs diet.

  • In the Vryheid district the kudu, blue wildebeest, waterbuck, reedbuck, impala, steinbok and klipspringer are also found.

  • The leopard has killed two impala, the antelopes ' white bellies are easier to spot in the grass than their killer.

  • The fauna includes the lion and elephant, found in the neighbourhood of the Portuguese frontier (the lion was also found as late as 1895 in the Ndwandwe district), the white and the black rhinoceros, the leopard, panther, jackal, spotted hyena, aard-wolf, buffalo, zebra, gnu, impala, inyala, oribi, hartebeeste, kudu, springbok, waterbuck, eland, roan antelope, duiker, &c., hares and rabbits.

  • Most memorable of all was the cry of the rutting male impala.

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