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Meanings of topi in English

Catalan
salacot
Wikidata

A lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.

salacot
Portuguese
damaliscus lunatus
Catalan
topi

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

damaliscus lunatus
Synonyms
Examples for "sassaby"
Examples for "sassaby"
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At length, pushing on ahead, we saw before us a small antelope called a sassaby.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
2
The fleet-foot peer of sassaby and kudu;
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917
3
In the south two kinds are near akin to it-theHarte-beest or Secaama, and the Sassaby or Bastard harte-beest.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for...
Usage of topi in English
1
There lay only the topi, torn from the pillar by the wind.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
2
The topi's nearest relations are the sasseby, the tiang, and the korrigum.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
3
Yesterday I saw a horseman approaching in European riding kit and a topi.
Olivia in India
4
Selim has a bright-yellow happy face and sports a skull-fitting topi.
Wired
5
We had proceeded but a few miles when Kongoni discovered a herd of topi.
African Camp Fires
6
Among topi antelopes, it is the males that trick the females into sticking around.
BBC
7
The topi themselves were very uneasy, crossing and recrossing and looking doubtfully in my direction.
African Camp Fires
8
The topi is something like the hartebeest, but much more beautiful and much more rare.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
9
To our ambitions and hopes we added more topi.
African Camp Fires
10
We left the topi camp, to which we had by now returned, cold and miserable.
African Camp Fires
11
And now you know all about the topi.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
12
One day I tried to shoot a topi.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
13
And there he was, standing in the doorway, topi in one hand, flowers in the other.
East of the sun
14
Mr. Albert shuffled his topi and looked at us with kind, blinking eyes, but attempted no remark.
Olivia in India
15
Hartebeest, topi, zebra, eland, oribi, reedbuck, and small grass antelope were upon all sides and at all times.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
16
We much desired to get four topi, and this seemed a good chance to carry some of them out.
African Camp Fires
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