Thomson's gazelle

Thom·son's gazelle

T0176650 (tŏm′sənz)n. A small gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) of eastern Africa, having a broad black stripe on each side of the body and long, ridged horns in the male.

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[After Joseph Thomson (1858-1895), Scottish geologist and explorer.]

Thom′son's gazelle′

n. an E African gazelle, Gazella thomsoni. [1910–15; after Joseph Thomson (1858–95), British explorer, who collected the type specimen]

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Thomson's gazelle - East African gazelle; the smallest gazelleGazella thomsoniGazella, genus Gazella - typical gazellesgazelle - small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes