What is the difference between gazelle and antelope?
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An antelope of either of the genera Gazella'' (mostly native to Africa) or ''Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
(US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana .
* 1881 , John W. Forney, The New Nobility , page
As nouns the difference between gazelle and antelope
is that gazelle is an antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods while antelope is any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.gazelle
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Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
* Cuvier's gazelle * Dama gazelle * Dorcas gazelle * goitered gazelle * Grant's gazelle * Indian gazelle * Mongalla gazelle * Mongolian gazelle * mountain gazelle * Przewalski's gazelle * red-fronted gazelle * slender-horned gazelle * Soemmerring's gazelle * Speke's gazelle * Thomson's gazelle * Tibetan gazelleSee also
* (wikipedia) * (Gazella) ----antelope
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(wikipedia antelope)Noun
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- "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.