admi

noun

ad·​mi

ˈad-mē

plural -s

: a gazelle (Gazella cuvieri) found in northeastern Africa

Word History

Etymology

borrowed (perhaps via regional Arabic) from a Berber word, as Central Atlas Tamazight admu, name for the gazelle Eudorcas rufifrons

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

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