English Explanatory Dictionary

Erlanger's gazelle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gazella erlangeri, a small dark gazelle with a stout body and short legs, found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Word forms

Erlanger's gazelle Erlanger's gazelles

Etymology

Calque of translingual Gazella erlangeri. Named after German ornithologist and explorer Carlo von Erlanger (1872–1904), who travelled to East Africa with Oscar Neumann, who first described the species.

Synonyms

Neumann's gazelle
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