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Definition of Antelopes

1. antelope [n] - See also: antelope

Medical Definition of Antelopes

1. Any of various ruminant mammals of the order bovidae. They include numerous species in africa and the american pronghorn. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antelopes

Literary usage of Antelopes

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

1. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... and sable antelopes—Acute sense of hearing in the moose— Possible ... of the smaller bush-haunting antelopes—Recognition marks—Must render animals ..."

2. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"Antelopes. THE Antelopes form a large and important group of animals, finding representatives in many portions of the globe. Resembling the deer in many ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"Bustards and ostriches, antelopes and wild asses,48 appeared to be '• the ... The sandy plains of Mesopotamia were abandoned to the antelopes and wild asses ..."

4. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1907)
"NOTES AND QUERIES Antelopes FOR THE DESERT The southwestern deserts and the forest ... As antelopes are good to hunt and eat, the result may be different. ..."

5. Under the African Sun; a Description of the Native Races in Uganda, Sporting by William John Ansorge, Ernst Hartert (1899)
"Antelopes. THE broad distinction between antelopes and deer lies in the fact, that the horns of antelopes are hollow, and are set upon a solid bony core as ..."

6. A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India by Charles Acland (1879)
"One day we went with a native Rajah to hunt antelopes. Suppose the shore of the Chelka Lake on one side and the sea on the other, with a strip of sand ..."

7. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Antelopes are the most graceful and fleetest of animals, are shy and timid, quite defenseless against flesh-eating animals and trust only to their speed ..."

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