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Aepyceros

noun

African antelopes: impalas

• Syn: ↑genus Aepyceros

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑impala, ↑Aepyceros melampus

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\\ēˈpisərəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Middle Greek aipykerōs high-horned, from Greek aipys high + -kerōs (from keras horn)

: a genus of large African antelopes having the horns lyrate in the male — see impala

Useful english dictionary. 2012.