gazelle

4 definitions found

gazelle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gazelle \Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp.
     gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz?l a wild
     goat.] (Zool.)
     One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of
     antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called
     also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles
     are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their
     eyes. [Written also gazel.]
  
     Note: The common species of Northern Africa (Gazella dorcas
           ); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel (G. Arabica);
           the mohr of West Africa (G. mohr); the Indian (G. Bennetti
           ); the ahu or Persian (G. subgutturosa);
           and the springbok or tsebe (G. euchore) of South
           Africa, are the best known.
           [1913 Webster]

gazelle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gazelle
      n 1: small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having
           lustrous eyes

gazelle - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Gazelle, CA
    Zip code(s): 96034

gazelle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "gazelle":
     Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, arrow, blue darter, blue streak,
     broad jumper, buck, bucking bronco, buckjumper, camel, camelopard,
     cannonball, caribou, courser, dart, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary,
     eagle, eland, electricity, elk, express train, fallow deer, fawn,
     flash, flea, frog, giraffe, gnu, goat, grasshopper,
     greased lightning, greyhound, hare, hart, hartebeest, high jumper,
     hind, hopper, hurdle racer, hurdler, jackrabbit, jet plane, jumper,
     jumping bean, jumping jack, kaama, kangaroo, leaper, light,
     lightning, mercury, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi,
     pole vaulter, quicksilver, red deer, reindeer, rocket, roe,
     roe deer, roebuck, salmon, scared rabbit, shot, springbok, stag,
     streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, sunfisher, swallow,
     thought, thunderbolt, timber topper, torrent, vaulter, wildebeest,
     wind