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Gazelle

Gazelle Meaning & Definition
Gazelle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gazelle?

[n] small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gazelle:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gazelle: antelope | arrow | blue darter | blue streak | broad jumper | buck | bucking bronco | buckjumper | camel | camelopard | cannonball | Cape elk | caribou | courser | dart | deer | deerlet | doe | dromedary | eagle | eland | electricity | elk | express train | fallow deer | fawn | flash | flea | frog | giraffe | gnu | goat | grasshopper | greased lightning | greyhound | hare | hart | hartebeest | high jumper | hind | hopper | hurdle racer | hurdler | jackrabbit | jet plane | jumper | jumping bean | jumping jack | kaama | kangaroo | leaper | light | lightning | mercury | moose | mule deer | musk deer | okapi | pole vaulter | quicksilver | red deer | reindeer | rocket | roe | roe deer | roebuck | salmon | scared rabbit | shot | springbok | stag | streak | streak of lightning | striped snake | sunfisher | swallow | thought | thunderbolt | timber topper | torrent | vaulter | Virginia deer | wildebeest | wind

See Also | antelope | Antidorcas euchore | Antidorcas marsupialis | Gazella | Gazella subgutturosa | Gazella thomsoni | genus Gazella | springbok | springbuck | Thomson's gazelle

Gazelle In Webster's Dictionary

\Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz?l a wild goat.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus {Gazella}, esp. {G. dorcas}; -- called also {algazel}, {corinne}, {korin}, and {kevel}. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also {gazel}.] Note: The common species of Northern Africa ({Gazella dorcas}); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel ({G. Arabica}); the mohr of West Africa ({G. mohr}); the Indian ({G. Bennetti}); the {ahu} or Persian ({G. subgutturosa}); and the springbok or tsebe ({G. euchore}) of South Africa, are the best known.

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