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Blackbucks (Antilope cervicapra)

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

antelope (plural **antelope or antelopes)

  1. Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
    Hypernyms: bovid < ungulate < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature
    Coordinate terms: wild goat, goat antelope, caprid, deer, bovine
  2. (US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
  3. (archaic, mythology) A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.

mammal of the family Bovidae

From Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antilops, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).

antelope (plural antelopes)

  1. antelope
  2. (heraldry) heraldic antelope