different between antelope vs bovid

English

Etymology

From Middle English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin ant(h)alopus, from Byzantine Greek ??????? (anthólops).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æn.t?.l??p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æn.t?.lo?p/

Noun

antelope (plural antelope or antelopes)

1. Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
2. (US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
   • 1881, John W. Forney, The New Nobility, page 80

     "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.

3. (archaic, historical) A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Irish: antalóp
• ? Manx: antelope

Translations

See also

• Appendix: Animals
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Middle English

Alternative forms

• antlop, anteloppe, antyloppe, antlope, antilope, antelop

Etymology

From Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antalopus, from Byzantine Greek ??????? (anthólops)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ant?l??p/, /?ant?l?p/

Noun

antelope (plural antelopes)

1. antelope
2. (heraldry) heraldic antelope

Descendants

• English: antelope
  • ? Irish: antalóp
  • ? Manx: antelope
• Scots: antelope

References

• “antel??pe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bo?v?d/
• Rhymes: -??v?d

Noun

bovid (plural bovids)

1. An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, gazelle, goat, and sheep).

Derived terms

• bovid hybrid

Related terms

• Bovidae

Translations

Romanian

Noun

bovid n (plural bovide)

1. Alternative form of bovideu

Declension