Thomson's gazelle

noun

1. a medium-sized antelope, Gazella thomsoni, abundant on the grassy steppes and dry bush of the East African plains.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Thomson's gazelle¹

1910–15; named after Joseph Thomson (1858–95), British explorer, who collected the type specimen

Example Sentences

Seamus loves cheetahs and what’s not to love — unless you are a Thomson’s gazelle?

From Salon

A spotted hyena captures a baby Thomson's gazelle in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. 

From National Geographic

“When I was a kid, this country was different, eh? To get anywhere in this country was a three-day trip. We shot a bloody Thomson’s gazelle and lived off the thing the whole time. In the old days, twenty years ago, this land was all forest and grassland. Now it’s com. Everywhere com. And the forests are gone, man.”

From Literature

A cheetah mother shows her cub how to hunt a Thomson's gazelle in the grasslands of Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve.

From National Geographic

We walked through the gallery of dioramas, past a pride of lions, a pair of zebras and a cheetah hunting a Thomson’s gazelle.

From Washington Post