ˈant ə lˌōp, ˈaan-, -təˌlōp noun
( plural antelope or antelopes )
Etymology: Middle English, fabulous beast represented in heraldic devices, probably from Middle French antelop savage animal with sawlike horns believed to live near the Euphrates, from Medieval Latin anthalopus, from Late Greek antholop-, antholops
1.
a. : any of various Old World ruminant mammals of the family Bovidae that are especially abundant in Africa, that differ from the true oxen by lighter racier build, horns directed upward and backward, and great variability in size, and that range from the ox-sized eland to forms scarcely larger than rabbits — see addax , black buck , dik-dik , gazelle
b. : any of various ruminant mammals chiefly of the family Bovidae that in appearance or behavior resemble true antelopes — compare pronghorn
2. : leather made from the hide of an antelope
3. : dust 11