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Gazelle

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.

Gazelle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gazelle?

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

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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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