ANTELOPE


Meaning of ANTELOPE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈan-tə-ˌlōp ]

noun

( 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

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