antelope

plural antelopes

1. Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
2. USThe pronghorn, Antilocapra americana.

   "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.

   1881, John W. Forney, The New Nobility, page 80

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   Rarely antelopes are seen, but wolves, rabbits, and sundry ground squirrels abound.

   1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24

3. archaichuman sciencesA fierce legendary creature said to live on the banks of the Euphrates, having long serrated horns and being hard to catch.

1. A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.

   Sacramento County allows the sale and use of safe and sane fireworks in most cities including Rancho Cordova, Folsom and Elk Grove. Unincorporated like Fair Oaks and Antelope are also allowed to use those fireworks.

   2026 June 28, Jeremiah Martinez, “Northern California communities that allow, prohibit use of fireworks”, in KCRA