Definition of Antelope. Meaning of Antelope. Synonyms of Antelope

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Definition of Antelope

Antelope
Antelope 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.

Meaning of Antelope from wikipedia

- The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa...
- Navajo Upper Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest, on Navajo land east of Lechee, Arizona. It includes six separate, scenic slot...
- Though not an antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American antelope, prong buck, pronghorn antelope and prairie antelope, because it...
- The saiga antelope (/ˈsaɪɡə/, Saiga tatarica), or saiga, is a species of antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe...
- The Antelope Valley is located in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States, and the southeast portion of California's Kern County, and constitutes...
- named Antelope Antelope, Kansas Antelope, Montana Antelope, Oregon Antelope, South Dakota Antelope, Texas Antelope Canyon, canyon in Arizona Antelope, Newfoundland...
- The Antelope, 23 U.S. (10 Wheat.) 66 (1825), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States considered, for the first time, the legitimacy...
- Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope, after the Antelope: English ship Antelope (1546) was a galle**** carrying between 38 and 44...
- The sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) is a large antelope which inhabits wooded savanna in East and Southern Africa, from the south of Kenya to South...
- Antelope Island, with an area of 42 square miles (109 km2), is the largest of ten islands located within the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The island lies in...