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Thomson's gazelle

Definition of Thomson's gazelle

noun

  • a light brown gazelle with a dark band along the flanks, living in large herds on the open plains of East Africa.
    • Gazella thomsonii, family Bovidae

Origin:

late 19th century: named after Joseph Thomson (1858–94), Scottish explorer

Thomson's gazelle in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Thomson's gazelle in the US English dictionary