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Definition: gazel
Gazelle
\Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp.
gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz?l a wild
goat.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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