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antelope

antelope

26 2.9
An animal with long legs and curved horns that runs fast in Africa and Asia
  • noun
  • /ˈæntəˌloʊp/
: antílope
  • There's a herd of antelope heading across the dry lakebed.
  • sable antelope
  • antelope skin
  • antelope horns

When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eats the grass.

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Examples

  • The antelope leaped gracefully over the tall grass as it escaped from a predator.

  • Another time, partner Mike Kirk's dream of hunting antelope took them to Wyoming.

    Academic text (1998)
  • And that is how a baby antelope comes into the world.

  • The men, with their legs so strong, keep up with the antelope as they run.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • What happens to those antelope out in the plains who are ill?

  • You know, an antelope running through the the African Bush.

  • Morgan chased after several antelope, but they were too fast for his horse.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Antelopes understand that they are prey.

  • You watch the birds, coyotes, and antelope, and they bicker and turn on each other.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • When this desert-adapted antelope pants, a special venous network cools the blood entering its brain.

    Academic text (1994)

Compounds

A fast North American animal like an antelope with small forked horns on open plains

A fast, hoofed animal from western North America called the pronghorn

sable antelope
  • South African
1 9.5

A large African animal like a deer with a dark coat and long curved horns

A small ground squirrel with white side stripes that moves quickly in deserts

goat antelope
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A wild animal like a goat with antelope features that lives in mountains and forests

A small striped ground squirrel that lives in dry rocky places in the western United States

harnessed antelope
  • South African
9.9

A large African animal like a deer with white stripes on its back

9.5

A small ground squirrel with a white tail that moves quickly in the dry western United States

How Fast

cheetah
50 1.0
antelope
26 2.9
deer
347 1.0
dog
∞ 1.0
snail
75 1.0

Surface Forms

antelope singular
antelopes plural

Etymology

Antelope comes from an old name for a horned animal. A helpful way to remember it is to notice the part lope, which means 'to run with long, easy steps', so an antelope is an animal that 'lopes' quickly across the plains.