different between quokka vs antelope

English

Etymology

From Nyunga kwaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?k?/

Noun

quokka (plural quokkas)

1. A cat-sized marsupial, Setonix brachyurus, of southwestern Australia.
   • 2003, John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence, page 29,

     At least 673 quokkas were re-introduced from Rottnest Island to the Marsupial Research Station of the University of Western Australia (254 ha) at Jandakot from 1972 to 1988.

   • 2005, Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, Life of Marsupials, page 354,

     Tammars, quokkas and black-footed rock wallabies inhabit islands in the southwest, while three species of hare wallaby, the burrowing bettong and five species of rock wallaby inhabit various islands in the northwest.

   • 2012, Ken Richardson, Australia's Amazing Kangaroos: Their Conservation, Unique Biology and Coexisternce with Humans, page 125,

     Older unburnt areas (more than 25 years) on their own appear unable to sustain a quokka population.

     The largest number of quokkas occurs on Rottnest Island near Perth, where the population estimates vary from 8000 to 12,000 individuals.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Nyunga kwaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?k.ka/
• Hyphenation: quòk?ka

Noun

quokka m (invariable)

1. quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

References

• quokka in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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.