Gazelle
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gazelle
n 1: small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having
lustrous eyes
from
The 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]
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Gazelle, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 136
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 0.601478 sq. miles (1.557820 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.601478 sq. miles (1.557820 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29252
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 41.521538 N, 122.520718 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 96034
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gazelle, CA
Gazelle
from
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
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