impala n 1: African antelope with ridged curved horns; moves with enormous leaps [syn: {impala}, {Aepyceros melampus}]
impala \im*pa"la\, n. An antelope ({Aepyceros melampus}) of Southeastern Africa, the male of which has ringed lyre-shaped horns, which curve first backward, then sideways, then upwards. ALso called {impalla} and {pallah}. [PJC]