Etymology

Soemmerring's gazelle

Today it means: A species of gazelle from the Horn of Africa, Nanger soemmerringi, formerly Gazella soemmerringi. Full definition →

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Named after German scientist Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.