antelope
noun
an·te·lope
ˈan-tə-ˌlōp 
plural antelope or antelopes
1
: any of various ruminant deerlike mammals (family Bovidae) chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward and backward
2
: leather from antelope hide
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Paradise flycatchers fervently follow kudu and bushbuck, feeding on mosquitoes and other flying insects that mill around the antelope.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Likewise, your tender heart might side with the antelope, but the lion is the underdog in that competition, losing the vast majority of the time.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Brimming with fossils of rodents, elephants, rhinos, hippos, monkeys, horses, antelopes and carnivores, Hadar must have been a bountiful environment millions of years ago to support so many animals.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Much of the West suffered a brutal winter in 2022, which wreaked havoc on mule deer, elk, and antelope numbers.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Likewise, your tender heart might side with the antelope, but the lion is the underdog in that competition, losing the vast majority of the time.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Brimming with fossils of rodents, elephants, rhinos, hippos, monkeys, horses, antelopes and carnivores, Hadar must have been a bountiful environment millions of years ago to support so many animals.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Much of the West suffered a brutal winter in 2022, which wreaked havoc on mule deer, elk, and antelope numbers.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
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antelope
noun
an·te·lope
ˈant-ᵊl-ˌōp
plural antelope or antelopes
1
: any of various cud-chewing mammals chiefly of Africa and southwest Asia that are related to the goats and oxen and that have a slender lean build and usually horns directed upward and backward
2
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