Definition of Gazella thomsoni

1. Noun. East African gazelle; the smallest gazelle.

Exact synonyms: Thomson's Gazelle
Group relationships: Gazella, Genus Gazella
Generic synonyms: Gazelle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gazella Thomsoni

Gaylussacia baccata
Gaylussacia brachycera
Gaylussacia frondosa
Gaynerd
Gaynor
Gayo
Gayville
Gaz
Gaza
Gaza Strip
Gazan
Gazania rigens
Gazans
Gazella
Gazella subgutturosa
Gazella thomsoni (current term)
Gazipur District
Gazza
Gazzamania
Gcwi
Gd
Gdansk
Gdns
Gdynian
Ge
Ge'ez
GeV
Geastraceae
Geastrum
Geastrum coronatum

Literary usage of Gazella thomsoni

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life-histories of African Game Animals by Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund Heller (1914)
"... horns wider-spread at the tips KILIMANJARO THOMSON GAZELLE Gazella thomsoni thomsoni nasalis Gazella thomsoni Giinther, 1884, Ann. y Mag. Nat. ..."

2. The Last of the Masai by Sidney Langford Hinde, Hildegarde Beatrice (Ginsburg) Hinde (1901)
"... surroundings are high plateaux and mountain sides, where the temperature often falls to freezing point at night. THOMSON'S GAZELLE (Gazella thomsoni). ..."

3. The East Africa Protectorate by Charles Eliot (1905)
"I have seen the country near Elmenteita, in the Rift Valley, literally covered by them, so that it appeared of a sandy yellow. The Gazella thomsoni is small ..."

4. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"... or a few Masai warriors met the eye; where grazed Grant's gazelle, with his magnificent horns, and the smaller but more gaily coloured Gazella thomsoni ..."

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