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antelope

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.

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nilghai

English

Noun

nilghai (plural nilghais or nilghai)

  1. Alternative form of nilgai
    • 1895 — Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book
      ...when the Pack drives the nilghai, the big blue cow, before them, and it seemed to come from the very ends of the earth, nearer, and nearer, and nearer, till it ended in a shriek snapped off short.

Anagrams

  • hailing

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