Meanings
nounjackalope (plural jackalopes)
plural jackalopes
- artsA folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.
Most jackalopes are furry and a foot or two tall; many are only heads, mounted on wood plaques; there are some six-footers, covered with fur…
1993, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, Way out westSynonyms: antelabbit, stagbunny
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA folkloric animal, a supposed cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope, goat, or deer, usually portrayed as a rabbit with antlers.
Similar
antelabbitstagbunny
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鹿角兔
- 鹿角兔 (lùjiǎotù)cross between a jackrabbit and antelope
Czech zajdalen
- zajdalencross between a jackrabbit and antelope
Finnish sarvijänis
- sarvijäniscross between a jackrabbit and antelope
French jackalope
- jackalopecross between a jackrabbit and antelope
German Jackalope, Hasenbock
- Jackalopecross between a jackrabbit and antelope
- Hasenbockcross between a jackrabbit and antelope
Hungarian nyúltilop, jackalope
- nyúltilopcross between a jackrabbit and antelope
- jackalopecross between a jackrabbit and antelope
- szarvasnyúlcross between a jackrabbit and antelope
Japanese ジャッカロープ
- ジャッカロープcross between a jackrabbit and antelope
Korean 재카로프
- 재카로프 (jaekaropeu)cross between a jackrabbit and antelope
Swedish jackalope, harhjort
- jackalopecross between a jackrabbit and antelope
- harhjortcross between a jackrabbit and antelope
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“jackalope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jackalope. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jackalope,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jackalope.
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