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Definition of Dzeren
1. n. The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.
Definition of Dzeren
1. Noun. The Mongolian gazelle, a species of antelope native to Asia, scientific name ''Procapra gutturosa''. ¹
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Definition of Dzeren
1. an Asian antelope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dzeren
Literary usage of Dzeren
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mongolia the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet, Being a by Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich Przhevalʹskiĭ (1876)
"... (Antilope Hodgsoni)—Large herds of these antelope — Their unwary habits—Held
sacred by Mongols—Unicorns — The ata-dzeren, or little antelope—Its amazing ..."
2. The National Standard Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Literature, the Sciences (1888)
"Dytiscus (water-beetle) is the type. dzeren, dzu'ren. The Chinese antelope,
Procapra gutturosa. When alarmed it clears 20 to 25 feet at one bound. ..."
3. Overland to China by Archibald Ross Colquhoun (1900)
"Herds of dzeren, belonging to the antelope species, about the size of a goat,
are sometimes met with, and are found principally in the eastern portion of ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The name aoat is often extended to some goat-like antelopes, a« the dzeren.
The male of the goat Is called a buck, and the young a kid. ... Same as dzeren. ..."
5. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn, William Wallace, Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1836)
"... resembling that of the musk, but devoid of odoriferous exhalation. The dzeren
is known in China by the name of hoang-yang, or the yellow goat. ..."
6. An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and Modern by Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon (1843)
"From the swift and beautiful tribe of antelopes, we shall here only select the
dzeren (A. gutturosa), commonly called the Chinese antelope. ..."
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