gazelle

(gə zel)

noun pl. gazelles or gazelle

any of various small, swift, graceful antelopes (esp. genera Gazella and Procapra) of Africa, the Near East, and Asia with spirally twisted, backward-pointing horns and large, lustrous eyes

Origin: Fr < Ar ghazāl

See gazelle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Any of various small, swift antelopes of the genus Gazella and related genera of Africa and Asia, characteristically having a slender neck and annulate horns.

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Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Arabic ġazāl

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