antelope

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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

antelope - 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

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antelope noun

Related words
collective noun herd

Translations

antelope [ˈæntɪləʊp] N (antelope, antelopes (pl)) → antílope m

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antelope [ˈæntɪləʊp] n → antilope f

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antelope

n → Antilope f

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antelope [ˈæntɪləʊp] n → antilope f

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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

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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