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Antilope
noun
blackbucks
Syn: ↑genus Antilope
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Bovidae, ↑family Bovidae
Member Meronyms: ↑blackbuck, ↑black buck, ↑Antilope cervicapra

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\\anˈtiləˌpē\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from obsolete English antilope, from Middle English antilope, antelope fabulous beast represented in heraldic devices — more at antelope
: a genus of antelopes comprising the Indian black buck

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Antilope /an-tilˈō-pē/
noun
The Indian antelope genus
ORIGIN: Form of ↑antelope, adopted by PS Pallas (1741–1811), German naturalist
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antilˈopine /-pīn/ adjective
Of antelopes

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