'Gazel' definitions:
Definition of 'Gazel'
From: GCIDE
- Gazel \Ga"zel\, n. The black currant; also, the wild plum. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gazel'
From: GCIDE
- Gazelle \Ga*zelle"\, n. [F. gazelle, OF. also, gazel; cf. Sp. gacela, Pr. gazella, It. gazella; all fr. Ar. ghaz?l a wild goat.] (Zool.) One of several small, swift, elegantly formed species of antelope, of the genus Gazella, esp. G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. The gazelles are celebrated for the luster and soft expression of their eyes. [Written also gazel.]
- Note: The common species of Northern Africa ({Gazella dorcas}); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel (G. Arabica); the mohr of West Africa (G. mohr); the Indian ({G. Bennetti}); the ahu or Persian (G. subgutturosa); and the springbok or tsebe (G. euchore) of South Africa, are the best known. [1913 Webster]