Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
A female antelope, or gazelle, a pious Christian widow at Joppa whom Peter restored to life (Acts 9:36-41). She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas by the Greeks.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(gazelle).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
DOR'CAS (gazelle). See Tabitha.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
a female roe-deer