ANTELOPE

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

Etymology

Noun

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.

Proper noun

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