antelope
Meaning of antelope
noun
a swift-running deerlike ruminant with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns, of a group native to Africa and Asia that includes the gazelles, impala, gnus, and elands.
late Middle English (originally the name of a fierce mythical creature with long serrated horns, said to live on the banks of the Euphrates): via Old French and medieval Latin from late Greek antholops, of unknown origin and meaning.
Information about antelope
- It is a name.
- The plural form of antelope is: antelopes.
- Languages in which antelope is used:
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Hyphenation of antelope
an-te-lope
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- antelope is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of antelope
Words that rhyme with antelope
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