Tragelaphus

Tra·​gel·​a·​phus

-fəs

: a genus of African antelopes comprising the kudus, nyalas, and related forms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, a kind of antelope, from Greek tragelaphos, from tragos he-goat + elaphos deer

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