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Definition of American antelope

1. Noun. Fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns.

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Antelope

Literary usage of American antelope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"THE American antelope. BY SW WILLISTON. f"PHE great plains of the West have afforded to sportsmen and -*- tourists few more attractive features than the ..."

2. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"This genus, the only one of the family, contains but a single species, the American Antelope or Pronghorn, ... American antelope or Pronghorn. ..."

3. American Animals: A Popular Guide to the Mammals of North America North of by Witmer Stone, William Everett Cram (1902)
"In the first place it is not a goat but rather an outlying member of the great antelope tribe—to which by the way our American "antelope " does not belong. ..."

4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... of the gazel of Africa, the favorite theme of Arabian poetry, might be applied to the antelope of the Missouri. 44 The American antelope (Antilocapra ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1884)
""On the American antelope," by Ch. "W. Peale, with a drawing. "The skin, horns &c. had been received by the President from Louisiana & presented by him to ..."

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