gazelle

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G0066000 (gə-zĕl′)n. Any of various small, swift antelopes of the genus Gazella and related genera of Africa and Asia, characteristically having a slender neck and ringed horns.

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

gazelle

(ɡəˈzɛl) n, pl -zelles or -zelle (Animals) any small graceful usually fawn-coloured antelope of the genera Gazella and Procapra, of Africa and Asia, such as G. thomsoni (Thomson's gazelle)[C17: from Old French, from Arabic ghazāl] gaˈzelle-ˌlike adj

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n., pl. -zelles, (esp. collectively) -zelle. any of various small graceful antelopes of Africa and Asia, esp. of the genus Gazella. [1575–85; < French; Old French gazel < Arabic ghazāla] ga•zelle′like`, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

gazelle - small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyesantelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diksGazella, genus Gazella - typical gazellesGazella thomsoni, Thomson's gazelle - East African gazelle; the smallest gazelleGazella subgutturosa - a kind of gazelleAntidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbok, springbuck - a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air

Translations

小羚羊

gazelle

(gəˈzel) – plurals gaˈzelles ~gaˈzelle – noun a type of small antelope. 小羚羊

gazelle

gazelle,

name for the many species of delicate, graceful antelopesantelope,
name applied to any of a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the bison, buffalo, sheep, and goats. Found in Africa and Eurasia, they range in size from pygmy antelopes, 12 in.
..... Click the link for more information. of the genera Gazella, Eudorcas, and Nanger, inhabiting arid, open country. Most gazelles are found only in Africa, but several species range over N Africa and SW Asia; the Persian, or goitered, gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) is found only in S and central Asia. Gazelles are rather small antelopes, most standing from 2 to 3 ft (60–90 cm) high at the shoulder, and are generally fawn colored. Some are strikingly marked with black and white. In most the horns are heavily ringed and curve backward and inward in the form of a lyre. Gazelles live in herds on grassy plains and in scrub country. They are very swift animals; some can maintain a speed of 30 mi (48 km) per hr indefinitely, with bursts of 60 mi (96 km) per hour. They are also powerful jumpers. Largest of the gazelles is the addra, or dorcas gazelle (G. dorcas), of the Sahara Desert. It has very long legs and a long neck and is white over most of its body. Closely related to the true gazelles are the Tibetan and Mongolian gazelles (species of the genus Procapra) and the blackbuckblackbuck,
small antelope, Antilope cervicapra, found in semidesert plains and open forest throughout India. Males are dark brown above and white below, with white rings around the eyes; they stand about 32 in. (81 cm) at the shoulder and weigh about 90 lb (41 kg).
..... Click the link for more information. of Asia. The African impalaimpala,
species of antelope, Aepyceros melampus, found in the savannah and bush country of E and S Africa. It is the antelope most commonly depicted in illustrations and in motion pictures.
..... Click the link for more information. , formerly also considered closely related, is now classified in a separate subfamily. Gazelles are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.

gazelle

any small graceful usually fawn-coloured antelope of the genera Gazella and Procapra, of Africa and Asia, such as G. thomsoni (Thomson's gazelle)

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noun small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes

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