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ga⋅zelle

[guh-zel]
–noun, plural -zelles, (especially collectively) -zelle.
any small antelope of the genus Gazella and allied genera, of Africa and Asia, noted for graceful movements and lustrous eyes.

Origin:
1575–85; < F; OF gazel < Ar ghazāla


ga⋅zelle⋅like, adjective
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ga·zelle   (gə-zěl')   
n.  Any of various small, swift antelopes of the genus Gazella and related genera of Africa and Asia, characteristically having a slender neck and annulate horns.

[French, from Old French, from Arabic ġazāl.]
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