Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In mythology, a fabulous animal, a symbol or attribute of Diana. See the quotation.
- n. [capitalized] [NL. (De Blainville).] In zoology, a genus of antelopes, including such as the harnessed antelope of Africa, T. seriptus, and the boschbok of the same continent
WordNet 3.0
- n. African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks.
Examples
“As such, a res a reor reris is in itself indifferent to both being (essentiae and existentiae) and non-being: to cite the most common example, a res a reor reris can be a mythical animal such as a hircocervus or tragelaphus (goat-stag).”
“A first group of 18 captive-born mountain bongos (tragelaphus eurycerus) was flown from zoos in the United States to the Mount Kenya area in January 2004 to start a new breeding group whose offspring will eventually be returned to the wild.”
“The Canathrum, as they call it, is a chair or chariot made of wood, in the shape of a griffin, or tragelaphus, on which the children and young virgins are carried in processions.”
“A law which does not damn is an imagined and painted law as the chimera or tragelaphus.”
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
“It is called Bekkar-El-Wash by the Arabs. chamois -- rendered by the Septuagint Cameleopard; but, by others who rightly judge it must have been an animal more familiar to the Hebrews, it is thought to be the Kebsch (Ovis tragelaphus), rather larger than a common sheep, covered not with wool, but with reddish hair -- a Syrian sheep-goat.”
“The _wild goat_, or akko, mentioned in Deuteronomy, is not held sufficiently specific by naturalists, who imagine that it must be identified with another animal called by the Seventy _tragelaphus_, literally the goat-deer.”
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tragelaphus’.
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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Fabulous Creatures
Inspired by a Twitter exchange between Kory Stamper and other lexicographers about mythical beings with "fabulous" in their definitions.
mamuque, hippocampus, hippodame, hippogriff, kraken, cockatrice, griffin, centaur, chichevache, hippocentaur, hircocerf, tragelaphus and 40 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir hircocerf Dec 16, 2010