antelope

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Antilope cervicapra

Etymology

From Middle English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin ant(h)alopus, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).

Pronunciation

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Noun

antelope (plural antelope or antelopes)

  1. Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
  2. (US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
    • 1881, John W. Forney, The New Nobility, page 80
      "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: antalóp

Translations

pronghorn — see pronghorn

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antalopus, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈantəlɔːp/, /ˈantəlɔp/

Noun

antelope (plural antelopes)

  1. antelope
  2. (heraldry) heraldic antelope

Descendants

References

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