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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta

ungulate, hoofed mammal go
any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically

even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal go
placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot

ruminant go
any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments

bovid go
hollow-horned ruminants

antelope
graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward

noun.animal

21 Subcategories

blackbuck, black buck, Antilope cervicapra go
common Indian antelope with a dark back and spiral horns
gerenuk, Litocranius walleri go
slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns
addax, Addax nasomaculatus go
large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of northern Africa
gnu, wildebeest go
large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
dik-dik go
any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua
hartebeest go
a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward
sassaby, topi, Damaliscus lunatus go
a large South African antelope
impala, Aepyceros melampus go
African antelope with ridged curved horns
gazelle go
small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus, Boocercus eurycerus go
large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns
kudu, koodoo, koudou go
either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush
harnessed antelope go
any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness
mountain nyala, Tragelaphus buxtoni go
shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia
nilgai, nylghai, nylghau, blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus go
large Indian antelope
sable antelope, Hippotragus niger go
large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns
saiga, Saiga tatarica go
goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis
steenbok, steinbok, Raphicerus campestris go
small plains antelope of southeastern Africa
eland go
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes
waterbuck go
any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
puku, Adenota vardoni go
an African antelope closely related to the waterbuck
pasang, oryx go
large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns