'Gazelle' definitions:
Definition of 'gazelle'
From: WordNet
noun
Small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes
Definition of 'Gazelle'
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]
Synonyms of 'gazelle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antelope,
- arrow,
- blue darter,
- blue streak,
- broad jumper,
- buck,
- bucking bronco,
- buckjumper,
- camel,
- camelopard,
- cannonball,
- Cape elk,
- caribou,
- courser,
- dart,
- deer,
- deerlet,
- doe,
- dromedary,
- eagle,
- eland,
- electricity,
- elk,
- express train,
- fallow deer,
- fawn,
- flash,
- flea,
- frog,
- giraffe,
- gnu,
- goat,
- grasshopper,
- greased lightning,
- greyhound,
- hare,
- hart,
- hartebeest,
- high jumper,
- hind,
- hopper,
- hurdle racer,
- hurdler,
- jackrabbit,
- jet plane,
- jumper,
- jumping bean,
- jumping jack,
- kaama,
- kangaroo,
- leaper,
- light,
- lightning,
- mercury,
- moose,
- mule deer,
- musk deer,
- okapi,
- pole vaulter,
- quicksilver,
- red deer,
- reindeer,
- rocket,
- roe,
- roe deer,
- roebuck,
- salmon,
- scared rabbit,
- shot,
- springbok,
- stag,
- streak,
- streak of lightning,
- striped snake,
- sunfisher,
- swallow,
- thought,
- thunderbolt,
- timber topper,
- torrent,
- vaulter,
- Virginia deer,
- wildebeest,
- wind
Gazelle, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gazelle, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000) :
136
Housing Units (2000) :
67
Land area (2000) :
0.601478 sq. miles (1.557820 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.601478 sq. miles (1.557820 sq. km)
FIPS code :
29252
Located within :
California (CA), FIPS 06
Location :
41.521538 N, 122.520718 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
96034
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.