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antelope

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an·te·lope  (ntl-p)
n. pl. antelope or an·te·lopes
1.
a. Any of various swift-running ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae, native to Africa and Asia and having long horns and a slender build.
b. An animal, such as the pronghorn, that resembles a true antelope.
2. Leather made from the hide of the African and Asian ruminant.

[Middle English, heraldic beast, probably from Old French antelop, savage beast with sawlike horns, from Medieval Latin anthalopus, from Late Greek antholops.]

antelope [ˈæntɪˌləʊp]
n pl -lopes, -lope
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any bovid mammal of the subfamily Antilopinae, of Africa and Asia. They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the gazelles, springbok, impala, gerenuk, blackbuck, and dik-diks
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar bovids of Africa and Asia
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)
American antelope another name for pronghorn
[from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antalopus, from Late Greek antholops a legendary beast]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.antelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backwardantelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
bovid - hollow-horned ruminants
Antilope cervicapra, black buck, blackbuck - common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
gerenuk, Litocranius walleri - slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns
addax, Addax nasomaculatus - large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
gnu, wildebeest - large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
dik-dik - any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit
hartebeest - a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
Damaliscus lunatus, sassaby, topi - a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal
Aepyceros melampus, impala - African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps
gazelle - small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
Boocercus eurycerus, Tragelaphus eurycerus, bongo - large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
koodoo, koudou, kudu - either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush
harnessed antelope - any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness
mountain nyala, Tragelaphus buxtoni - shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia
blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilgai, nylghai, nylghau - large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
Hippotragus niger, sable antelope - large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
saiga, Saiga tatarica - goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
Raphicerus campestris, steenbok, steinbok - small plains antelope of southeastern Africa
eland - either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
waterbuck - any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
Adenota vardoni, puku - an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck
oryx, pasang - large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns

antelope noun
Related words
collective noun herd
Translations
antelope [ˈæntɪləʊp] N (antelope, antelopes (pl)) → antílope m

antelope [ˈæntɪləʊp] nantilope f

antelope
nAntilope f

antelope [ˈæntɪləʊp] nantilope f

antelope
n antelope [ˈӕntələup]
any of several types of quick-moving, graceful, horned animal related to the goat and cow a herd of antelope. antiloop ظَبْي антилопа antilopa antilope die Antilope αντιλόπη antílope antiloop بز کوهی antilooppi antilope דִישוֹן मृग antilopa antilop kijang antilópa antilope れいよう 영양 antilopė antilope antelope antilope antilope antylopa antílope antilopă антилопа antilopa antilopa antilopa antilop สัตว์จำพวกที่มีเขาเป็นเกลียว antilop, ceylan 羚羊 антилопа ہرن loài linh dương 羚羊

antelope ظبي antilopa antilope Antilope αντιλόπη antílope antilooppi antilope antilopa antilope レイヨウ 영양 antiloop antilope antylopa antílope антилопа antilop ละมั่ง antilop linh dương 羚羊


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Behind him, as he walked through the city gates, an antelope skin and brass-handled crutch under his arm, and a begging-bowl of polished brown coco-de-mer in his hand, barefoot, alone, with eyes cast on the ground--behind him they were firing salutes from the bastions in honour of his happy successor.
We had reached a point which, from my map, I imagined must have been about the former site of Erith, when I discovered a small band of antelope a short distance inland.
Shortly thereafter I started for the Sahara in search of a rather rare species of antelope that is to be found only occasionally within a limited area at a certain season of the year.
 
 
 
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