ANTELOPE


Meaning of ANTELOPE in English

Any of numerous species of Old World grazing or browsing

The North American {{link=pronghorn">pronghorn is also sometimes referred to as an antelope. Most antelope are African; the others, except for the pronghorn, are Eurasian. They range in shoulder height from 10 to 70 in. (25–175 cm). The male, and sometimes the female, bears distinctive, backwardly curved horns. See also bongo , dik-dik , duiker , eland , gazelle , gnu , hartebeest , impala , kudu , nyala , oryx , springbok , waterbuck .

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