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# antelope

noun (an antelope, antelopes or antelope)

«antelope» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#x1)
- A herd of antelope grazed on the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#x2)
- Gazelles are a kind of antelope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#x3)
- Antelopes have horns that do not fall off each year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#x4)
- The cheetah chased an antelope across the plain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#x5)
- In the food chain, grass is eaten by the antelope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#x6)
- An antelope, that probably mistook the yellow radiance for sunrise, came bounding fleetly through the grove. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/#x7)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antelope/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antelope/#x2)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «antelope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antelope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «antelope» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/antelope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«antelope» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/antelope.html) on Mova free.