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Definition of Gazella thomsoni
1. Noun. East African gazelle; the smallest gazelle.
Group relationships: Gazella, Genus Gazella
Generic synonyms: Gazelle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gazella Thomsoni
Literary usage of Gazella thomsoni
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"... horns wider-spread at the tips KILIMANJARO THOMSON GAZELLE Gazella thomsoni
thomsoni nasalis Gazella thomsoni Giinther, 1884, Ann. y Mag. Nat. ..."
2. The Last of the Masai by Sidney Langford Hinde, Hildegarde Beatrice (Ginsburg) Hinde (1901)
"... surroundings are high plateaux and mountain sides, where the temperature often
falls to freezing point at night. THOMSON'S GAZELLE (Gazella thomsoni). ..."
3. The East Africa Protectorate by Charles Eliot (1905)
"I have seen the country near Elmenteita, in the Rift Valley, literally covered
by them, so that it appeared of a sandy yellow. The Gazella thomsoni is small ..."
4. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"... or a few Masai warriors met the eye; where grazed Grant's gazelle, with his
magnificent horns, and the smaller but more gaily coloured Gazella thomsoni ..."
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