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jackelope

jackelope is the alternative form of jackalope.

Meaning of jackalope

Noun

jackalope (plural jackalopes)

  1. A folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.
    • Most jackalopes are furry and a foot or two tall; many are only heads, mounted on wood plaques; there are some six-footers, covered with fur…1993, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, Way out west
    Synonyms:
    antelabbit, stagbunny

Forms of jackelope

pluraljackelopes

Questions about jackelope

What is jackelope the alternative form of?
Jackelope is the alternative form of jackalope.

Words near jackelope in the dictionary

  1. jacked off
  2. jacked up
  3. jacked-up
  4. jackeen
  5. jackeens
  6. jackelope
  7. jackelopes
  8. Jackendoffian
  9. jacker
  10. jacker-off
  11. jackeroo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jackelope (page history and authors); jackalope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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