Arabian gazelle
noun
1The mountain gazelle, Gazella gazella; specifically one of the subspecies G. g. cora, of the Arabian peninsula.
2An extinct gazelle (perhaps a distinct species) supposed to have existed in Saudi Arabia and its islands.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in James Taylor (1813–1892), minister of the United Presbyterian church, civil servant, and historian.
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