antelope

Everyday

A fast, graceful wild animal like a deer, with horns, that lives mainly in Africa and Asia, such as the gazelle, impala and gnu. tree →

In the lessons

Met in science and geography about the African savannah, food chains and herds: lions and cheetahs hunt antelopes. Phrases: a herd of antelope, antelope species.

Examples

• The antelope ran away from the lion. tree →
• A herd of antelope grazed on the grass. tree →
• Gazelles are a kind of antelope. tree →
• Antelopes have horns that do not fall off each year. tree →
• The cheetah chased an antelope across the plain. tree →
• In the food chain, grass is eaten by the antelope. tree →
• An antelope, that probably mistook the yellow radiance for sunrise, came bounding fleetly through the grove. tree →

Note

Plural antelopes or antelope (both correct). Not a deer: antelopes keep their horns all their life, while deer shed antlers every year. The American "pronghorn antelope" is not a true antelope.

In Jewish tradition

It is on the list of clean animals that Israelites may eat, a deer-like animal with split hooves that chews its cud.

Interpretation. The laws of kashrut say a land animal is kosher only if it has split hooves and chews its cud, and the Torah lists examples.

Examples

• the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep. (Torah DEU.14.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. (Prophets ISA.51.20, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Plural antelopes or antelope (both correct). Not a deer: antelopes keep their horns all their life, while deer shed antlers every year. The American "pronghorn antelope" is not a true antelope.