n.
Pronunciation: ' an-t ə - ˌ l ō p
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lope or -lopes
Etymology: Middle English, fabulous heraldic beast, probably from Middle French antelop savage animal with sawlike horns, from Medieval Latin anthalopus, from Late Greek antholop-, antholops
Date: 15th century
1 a : any of various ruminant deerlike mammals (family Bovidae) chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward and backward b : PRONGHORN
2 : leather from antelope hide