Pelea capreola

Pelea capreola
Peele Pee"le, n. (Zo["o]l.) A graceful and swift South African antelope ({Pelea capreola}). The hair is woolly, and ash-gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also {rheeboc}, and {rehboc}. [1913 Webster]

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  • Peele — Pee le, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A graceful and swift South African antelope ({Pelea capreola}). The hair is woolly, and ash gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also {rheeboc}, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rehboc — Peele Pee le, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A graceful and swift South African antelope ({Pelea capreola}). The hair is woolly, and ash gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also {rheeboc} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rheeboc — Peele Pee le, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A graceful and swift South African antelope ({Pelea capreola}). The hair is woolly, and ash gray on the back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also {rheeboc} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • АНТИЛОПЫ — общее название для многих парнокопытных млекопитающих, относящихся к семейству полорогих (Bovidae), но отличающихся от других его представителей более изящным телосложением и рогами, направленными в основном вверх и назад, а не в стороны. Рога… …   Энциклопедия Кольера

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