[an.te.lope] n, pl -lope or -lopes [ME, fabulous heraldic beast, prob. fr. MF antelop savage animal with sawlike horns, fr. ML anthalopus, fr. LGk antholop-, antholops] (15c) 1 a: any of various ruminant mammals (family Bovidae) chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that differ from the true oxen esp. in lighter racier build and horns directed upward and backward b: pronghorn
2: leather from antelope hide