: any of numerous small to medium graceful and swift African and Asian antelopes (Gazella and related genera)
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Later, prehistoric hunters and farmers lived in the Sahara alongside a veritable zoo of iconic African wildlife, including elephants, giraffes, hippos, a variety of gazelles, Nile perch, crocodiles, aurochs, Neolithic cattle, turtles, and an enormous collection of large trees and plants.—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 Two of the three stellar pairings that mark the gazelle's hoofprints have since been designated by the International Astronomical Union as the feet of the Great Bear represented by Ursa Major.—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025 The Algerian Sahara is also home to several animals like the desert fox, wild sheep, jackal and gazelle.—Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025 The actress Leslie Bibb cuts a figure like the aerodynamic swoosh of a Brancusi, or a gazelle.—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gazelle
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