antelope
Pronunciation: /ˈantɪləʊp/
noun ( plural or antelopes)
- a swift-running deer-like ruminant with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns, of a group native to Africa and Asia that includes the gazelles, impala, gnus, and elands.
- Many genera and species, in the family Bovidae
- North Americananother term for pronghorn.
Origin:
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