Grant's gazelle

American  

noun

1. a large gazelle, Gazella granti, with distinctive long curved horns, native to the eastern African plains.

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Etymology

Origin of Grant's gazelle

After James A. Grant (1827–92), British explorer and Africanist

Example Sentences

Of the 13 large species studied, only ostriches and elephants had not fared badly outside of the reserve, while inside the Masai Mara only eland, Grant's gazelle and ostrich showed any signs of population recovery in the past decade.

From BBC

The Grant's gazelle's tail never stops switching, like a nervous windshield wiper.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lion was packed off to be inspected, then photographed, and on the way back Jack knocked over a small Grant's gazelle, which would make the food supply a sufficient one.

From Project Gutenberg

From the windows of the car as he journeys from Mombasa to Nairobi, three hundred and twenty-seven miles, he may definitely count upon seeing at least seven of these species: Wildebeest, hartebeest, Grant's gazelle, Thompson's gazelle, zebra, impalla, and giraffe, with the likelihood of seeing in addition some wart-hogs and a distant rhinoceros, and the remote possibility of seeing cheetah, lion, and hyena.

From Project Gutenberg

The Grant's gazelle is a little harder to pick out at first, and one is likely to get the Grant's and Tommy's confused.

From Project Gutenberg