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antelopes

antelopes is the plural of antelope.

Meaning of antelope

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.
    • Rarely antelopes are seen, but wolves, rabbits, and sundry ground squirrels abound.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
  3. (archaic) A fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.

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Phrases with antelopes

Questions about antelopes

What is antelopes the plural of?
Antelopes is the plural of antelope.

Words near antelopes in the dictionary

  1. Antelope Mesa
  2. antelope squirrel
  3. antelope squirrels
  4. antelope's cantaloupes
  5. antelopelike
  6. antelopes
  7. antelopian
  8. antelopish
  9. antelucan
  10. antem
  11. antemarginal

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