Grant's gazelle

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Grant's gazelle¹

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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The impalla is about the same size as the Grant's gazelle, but has horns of a lyrate shape.

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