Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very tiny antelope of Abyssinia, Neotragus saltianus or N. madoqua, the smallest of horned animals, about as large as a hare, and with very slender legs. Also called
hegoleh .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small Abyssinian antelope (
Neotragus Saltiana ), about the size of a hare.
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- noun zoology, obsolete A small
Abyssinian antelope .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa
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Among the wild animals are prodigious numbers of the vari-colored species of the gazelle, the bohur sassa, fecho, and madoqua.
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hegoleh
November 29, 2010