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noun, plural -lopes, (especially collectively
) -lope.
) -lope. 1.
any of several ruminants of the family Bovidae, chiefly of Africa and Asia, having permanent, hollow, unbranched horns.
2.
leather made from the hide of such an animal.
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| antelope (ˈæntɪˌləʊp) | |
| —n , pl -lopes, -lope | |
| 1. | any bovid mammal of the subfamily Antilopinae, of Africa and Asia. They are typically graceful, having long legs and horns, and include the gazelles, springbok, impala, gerenuk, blackbuck, and dik-diks |
| 2. | any of various similar bovids of Africa and Asia |
| 3. | American antelope another name for pronghorn |
| [C15: from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antalopus, from Late Greek antholops a legendary beast] | |
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antelope
lealy 15c., from O.Fr. antelop, from M.L. ant(h)alopus, from Gk. antholops (attested in Eusebius of Antioch, c.336 C.E.), a fabulous animal haunting the banks of the Euphrates, very savage, hard to catch and having long saw-like horns capable of cutting down trees. Original sense and language unknown
EXPAND(it looks like Gk. "flower-eye," as if from anthos + ops, but that may be a result of Gk. folk etymology). A heraldic animal, also known in M.L. as talopus and calopus, the name was applied c.1600 to a living type of deer-like mammal. In the western U.S., used in ref. to the pronghorn.
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