antelope

Etymology

From Middle English antelope, from Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin ant(h)alopus, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tɪ.ləʊp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tə.loʊp/

Noun

antelope (plural antelope or antelopes)

1. Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
2. (US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.
   • 1881, John W. Forney, The New Nobility, page 80

     "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.

See also

• Appendix: Animals
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Alternative forms

• antlop, anteloppe, antyloppe, antlope, antilope, antelop

Etymology

From Old French antelop, from Medieval Latin antalopus, from Byzantine Greek ἀνθόλοψ (anthólops)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantəlɔːp/, /ˈantəlɔp/

Noun

antelope (plural antelopes)

1. antelope
2. (heraldry) heraldic antelope