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Antelope

Antelope Meaning & Definition
Antelope Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Antelope?

[n] graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

Synonyms | Synonyms for Antelope:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Antelope: aardvark | aardwolf | alpaca | Angora goat | anteater | antelope chipmunk | aoudad | apar | Arctic fox | armadillo | arrow | ass | aurochs | badger | bandicoot | bassarisk | bat | bear | beaver | Belgian hare | bettong | binturong | bison | black bear | black buck | black cat | black fox | black sheep | blue darter | blue fox | blue streak | bobcat | brown bear | brush deer | brush wolf | buck | buffalo | buffalo wolf | burro | burro deer | cachalot | Caffre cat | camel | camelopard | cannonball | Cape elk | capybara | carabao | caribou | carpincho | cat | catamount | cat-a-mountain | cattalo | cavy | chamois | cheetah | chevrotain | chinchilla | chipmunk | cinnamon bear | coon | coon cat | cotton mouse | cotton rat | cougar | courser | cow | coyote | coypu | dart | deer | deer tiger | deerlet | dingo | doe | dog | donkey | dormouse | dromedary | eagle | echidna | eland | electricity | elephant | elk | ermine | express train | eyra | fallow deer | fawn | ferret | field mouse | fisher | fitch | flash | flying phalanger | foumart | fox | fox squirrel | gazelle | gemsbok | genet | giraffe | glutton | gnu | gnu goat | goat | goat antelope | gopher | greased lightning | greyhound | grizzly bear | ground squirrel | groundhog | guanaco | guinea pig | hamster | hare | harnessed antelope | hart | hartebeest | hedgehog | hind | hippopotamus | hog | horse | hyena | hyrax | ibex | Indian buffalo | jackal | jackass | jackrabbit | jaguar | jaguarundi | jerboa | jerboa kangaroo | jet plane | kaama | kangaroo | kangaroo mouse | kangaroo rat | karakul | kinkajou | kit fox | koala | Kodiak bear | lapin | lemming | leopard | leopard cat | light | lightning | lion | llama | lynx | mammoth | mara | marmot | marten | mastodon | meerkat | mercury | mink | mole | mongoose | moose | mouflon | mountain goat | mountain lion | mountain sheep | mouse | mule | mule deer | muntjac | musk deer | musk hog | musk-ox | muskrat | musquash | nilgai | nutria | ocelot | okapi | onager | oont | opossum | otter | ounce | ox | pack rat | painter | panda | pangolin | panther | peccary | peludo | phalanger | pig | pine mouse | platypus | pocket gopher | pocket mouse | pocket rat | polar bear | polar fox | polecat | porcupine | possum | pouched rat | poyou | prairie dog | prairie wolf | pronghorn | puma | quicksilver | rabbit | raccoon | rat | red deer | red squirrel | reindeer | rhinoceros | rocket | roe | roe deer | roebuck | sable | scared rabbit | serval | sheep | shot | shrew | shrew mole | sika | silver fox | skunk | sloth | snowshoe rabbit | springbok | squirrel | stag | stoat | streak | streak of lightning | striped snake | suslik | swallow | swamp rabbit | swine | takin | tamandua | tamarin | tapir | tarpan | tatou | tatou peba | tatouay | thought | thunderbolt | tiger | tiger cat | timber wolf | torrent | tree shrew | urus | Virginia deer | vole | wallaby | warthog | water buffalo | waterbuck | weasel | wharf rat | whistler | white fox | wild ass | wild boar | wild goat | wild ox | wildcat | wildebeest | wind | wolf | wolverine | wombat | wood rat | woodchuck | woolly mammoth | yak | zebra | zebu | zoril

See Also | addax | Addax nasomaculatus | Adenota vardoni | Aepyceros melampus | Antilope cervicapra | black buck | blackbuck | blue bull | bongo | Boocercus eurycerus | Boselaphus tragocamelus | bovid | Damaliscus lunatus | dik-dik | eland | gazelle | gerenuk | gnu | harnessed antelope | hartebeest | Hippotragus niger | impala | koodoo | koudou | kudu | Litocranius walleri | mountain nyala | nilgai | nylghai | nylghau | oryx | pasang | puku | Raphicerus campestris | sable antelope | saiga | Saiga tatarica | sassaby | steenbok | steinbok | topi | Tragelaphus buxtoni | Tragelaphus eurycerus | waterbuck | wildebeest

Antelope In Webster's Dictionary

\An"te*lope\, n. [OF. antelop, F. antilope, fro Gr. ?, ?, Eustathius, ``Hexa["e]m.,'' p. 36, the origin of which is unknown.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia. The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. --Spenser. Note: The common or bezoar antelope of India is {Antilope bezoartica}. The chamois of the Alps, the gazelle, the addax, and the eland are other species. See {Gazelle}. The pronghorn antelope ({Antilocapra Americana}) is found in the Rocky Mountains. See {Pronghorn}.

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