Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

erlanger's gazelle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: er-langer's gazelle
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Gazella erlangeri, a small dark gazelle with a stout body and short legs, found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Etymology

Calque of translingual Gazella erlangeri. Named after German ornithologist and explorer Carlo von Erlanger (1872–1904), who travelled to East Africa with Oscar Neumann, who first described the species.

Inflected Forms

Erlanger's gazelles (plural)

Synonyms

Neumann's gazelle

Questions

What does erlanger's gazelle mean?: Gazella erlangeri, a small dark gazelle with a stout body and short legs, found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Where does erlanger's gazelle come from?: Calque of translingual Gazella erlangeri. Named after German ornithologist and explorer Carlo von Erlanger (1872–1904), who travelled to East Africa with Oscar Neumann, who first described the species.

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