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单词 Thomson's gazelle
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Definition of Thomson's gazelle in English:

Thomson's gazelle

noun
  • A light brown gazelle with a dark band along the flanks, living in large herds on the open plains of East Africa.

    汤姆森瞪羚,托氏羚

    Gazella thomsonii, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the Migration is in the Serengeti, from November to June, there are an estimated 1.5 million wildebeest, 350,000 Thomson's gazelle and 200,000 common zebra.
    • Furthermore, both zebra and Thomson's gazelle are locally abundant and neither show greater synchrony than predicted by their food supply.
    • There may be age-related differences in how risky behaviors are; for example, young Thomson's gazelles take a higher risk when inspecting predators than do adults.
    • In eastern Africa, they mostly hunt Thomson's gazelles, but they will also attack calves, warthogs, zebras, impalas, and the young of large antelopes such as the gnu.
    • But when the rains arrived, fresh carpets of zebra, wildebeest and Thomson's gazelles rolled out from the distant hills, transforming the treeless steppes.

Origin

Late 19th century: named after Joseph Thomson (1858–94), Scottish explorer.

Definition of Thomson's gazelle in US English:

Thomson's gazelle

noun
  • A light brown gazelle with a conspicuous dark band along the flanks, living in large herds on the open plains of East Africa.

    汤姆森瞪羚,托氏羚

    Gazella thomsonii, family Bovidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the Migration is in the Serengeti, from November to June, there are an estimated 1.5 million wildebeest, 350,000 Thomson's gazelle and 200,000 common zebra.
    • Furthermore, both zebra and Thomson's gazelle are locally abundant and neither show greater synchrony than predicted by their food supply.
    • But when the rains arrived, fresh carpets of zebra, wildebeest and Thomson's gazelles rolled out from the distant hills, transforming the treeless steppes.
    • There may be age-related differences in how risky behaviors are; for example, young Thomson's gazelles take a higher risk when inspecting predators than do adults.
    • In eastern Africa, they mostly hunt Thomson's gazelles, but they will also attack calves, warthogs, zebras, impalas, and the young of large antelopes such as the gnu.

Origin

Late 19th century: named after Joseph Thomson (1858–94), Scottish explorer.

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