gazelles

Variant of gazelle

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

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