different between antelope vs saiga

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

Etymology

From Russian ?????? (sajgá), alternative form of ??????? (sajgák), from Chagatai ??????? (sai?ak, “chamois”).

Noun

saiga (plural saigas)

1. Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.

Synonyms

• (Saiga tatarica): steppe saiga

Coordinate terms

• (Saiga tatarica): Mongolian saiga, possibly a subspecies Saiga tatarica mongolica; Saiga borealis, possibly extinct or possibly including the Mongolian saiga

Translations

Further reading

• saiga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saiga tatarica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Saiga tatarica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Italian

Etymology

From Russian ?????? (sajgá).

Noun

saiga f (plural saighe)

1. saiga

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer, definite plural saigaene)

1. saiga

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

saiga m (definite singular saigaen, indefinite plural saigaer or saigaar, definite plural saigaene or saigaane)

1. saiga

Portuguese

Noun

saiga f (plural saigas)

1. saiga (Saiga tatarica, an antelope of Siberia)

Spanish

Noun

saiga m (plural saigas)

1. saiga

See also

• saiga on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es