" Zoology . Any of various antelopes of sub-Saharan Africa constituting the genus Tragelaphus, having spiral horns and white stripes or spots, and comprising the kudus, nyalas, bushbucks, and related forms. Now rare", Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Wycliffite Bible (early version). From classical Latin tragelaphus a kind of wild goat or antelope from ancient Greek τραγέλαϕος a fabulous or fictitious beast compounded of a goat and a stag, in Hellenistic Greek also a kind of wild goat or antelope (Septuagint) from τράγος he-goat + ἔλαϕος deer.[tragelaph etymology, tragelaph origin, 英语词源]