Thomson's gazelle

American  

noun

1. a medium-sized antelope, Gazella thomsoni, abundant on the grassy steppes and dry bush of the East African plains.

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Etymology

Origin of Thomson's gazelle

1910–15; named after Joseph Thomson (1858–95), British explorer, who collected the type specimen

Example Sentences

We walked through the gallery of dioramas, past a pride of lions, a pair of zebras and a cheetah hunting a Thomson’s gazelle.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2016

Even the labels may go wrong, and the surly, myopic wombat is advertised as a Thomson's gazelle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slide into the Pleistocene: under a thorn tree in Masai Mara, say, a cheetah tears at the Thomson's gazelle it has nailed for lunch.

From Time Magazine Archive

As they rode up he mercifully killed it with a shot through the brain, and the two boys looked down on their first Thomson's gazelle, or "tommy."

From The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series by Arting, Fred J.