antelope

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.

   Rarely antelopes are seen, but wolves, rabbits, and sundry ground squirrels abound.

2. 2
   noun

   graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward

3. 3
   noun

   Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.

4. 4
   noun

   A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.

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Simplified etymology

Antelope entered late Middle English through Old French and medieval Latin from Greek antholops, a word of unknown origin and meaning. It first denoted a fierce mythical creature with serrated horns; zoologists applied it to the fast-running horned animal in the early 17th century.

From Middle English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops), which is of obscure origin.

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