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gazelle
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ga·zelle  (g-zl)
n.
Any of various small, swift antelopes of the genus Gazella and related genera of Africa and Asia, characteristically having a slender neck and annulate horns.

[French, from Old French, from Arabic azl.]

gazelle [gəˈzɛl]
n pl -zelles, -zelle
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small graceful usually fawn-coloured antelope of the genera Gazella and Procapra, of Africa and Asia, such as G. thomsoni (Thomson's gazelle)
[from Old French, from Arabic ghazāl]
gazelle-like  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gazellegazelle - small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
Gazella, genus Gazella - typical gazelles
Gazella thomsoni, Thomson's gazelle - East African gazelle; the smallest gazelle
Gazella subgutturosa - a kind of gazelle
Antidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbok, springbuck - a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
Translations
gazelle [gəˈzel] N (gazelles or gazelle (pl)) → gacela f

gazelle [gəˈzɛl] ngazelle f

gazelle
nGazelle f

gazelle [gəˈzɛl] ngazzella
gazelle [gəˈzɛl] ngazzella

gazelle
n gazelle [gəˈzel]
a type of small antelope. springbok غَزال газела gazela gazelle die Gazelle γαζέλα gacela gasell غزال gaselli gazelle צְבִי मृग gazela gazella kijang gasella gazzella ガゼル 가젤(작은 영양의 일종) gazelė gazele gazel gazel gaselle gazela gazela gazelă газель gazela gazela gazela gasell ละมั่ง ceylan 小羚羊 газель سینگ دار افریقی ہرنوں میں سے کوئی linh dương gazen 羚羊


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