Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - antelope
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(antelopes, or antelope) An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -lope or -lopes) Etymology: Middle English, fabulous heraldic beast, probably from Middle French antelop savage animal with sawlike horns, from Medieval Latin anthalopus, from Late Greek antholop-, antholops Date: 15th century 1. a. any of various ruminant deerlike mammals (family Bovidae) chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward and backward b. pronghorn 2. leather from ~ hide ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. same or antelopes) 1 any of various deerlike ruminants of the family Bovidae, esp. abundant in Africa and typically tall, slender, graceful, and swift-moving with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns, e.g. gazelles, gnus, kudus, and impala. 2 leather made from the skin of any of these. Etymology: ME f. OF antelop or f. med.L ant(h)alopus f. late Gk antholops, of unkn. orig. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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антилопа; pl антилопы (Antilopinae) – Bates' dwarf antelope – beira antelope – beisa antelope – Buffon's kob antelope – four-horned antelope – goat antelope – golden goat antelope – harnessed antelope – Indian antelope – kob antelope – pied antelope – prong-horned antelope – pygmy antelope – roan antelope – royal antelope – sable antelope – saiga antelope – spiral-horned antelopes – Tibetan antelope – Zanzibar antelope ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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- 1417, from O.Fr. antelop, from Gk. antholops fabulous animal haunting the banks of the Euphrates, very savage, hard to catch and having long saw-like horns. Original sense and language unknown. A heraldic animal until it was applied to a living deer-like creature 1607. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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