antelope
(noun) graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
antelope (plural antelope or antelopes)
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
(US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
(archaic, historical) A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.
Antelope
A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
An"te*lope, n. Etym: [OF. antelop, F. antilope, fro Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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