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Definitions for: Antelope
[n] graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
Webster (1913) Definition: An"te*lope, n. [OF. antelop, F. antilope, fro Gr. ?,
?, Eustathius, ``Hexa["e]m.,'' p. 36, the origin of which is
unknown.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of ruminant quadrupeds, intermediate between
the deer and the goat. The horns are usually annulated, or
ringed. There are many species in Africa and Asia.
The antelope and wolf both fierce and fell. --Spenser.
Note: The common or bezoar antelope of India is {Antilope
bezoartica}. The chamois of the Alps, the gazelle, the
addax, and the eland are other species. See Gazelle.
The pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra Americana) is
found in the Rocky Mountains. See Pronghorn.
See Also: addax, Addax nasomaculatus, Adenota vardoni, Aepyceros melampus, Antilope cervicapra, black buck, blackbuck, blue bull, bongo, Boocercus eurycerus, Boselaphus tragocamelus, bovid, Damaliscus lunatus, dik-dik, eland, gazelle, gerenuk, gnu, harnessed antelope, hartebeest, Hippotragus niger, impala, koodoo, koudou, kudu, Litocranius walleri, mountain nyala, nilgai, nylghai, nylghau, oryx, pasang, puku, Raphicerus campestris, sable antelope, saiga, Saiga tatarica, sassaby, steenbok, steinbok, topi, Tragelaphus buxtoni, Tragelaphus eurycerus, waterbuck, wildebeest
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