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Definition of royal antelope
: a tiny western African antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus) that is one of the smallest of ruminants standing only 12 inches high at the shoulder and has in the male short spikelike horns and bright russet above and white below
— called also kleeneboc
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The first known use of royal antelope was in 1771
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