rhebok

rhebok
/ree"bok'/, n., pl. rheboks, (esp. collectively) rhebok.
a large, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, with pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.
[1825-35; < Afrik ribbok, D reebok; c. ROEBUCK, G Rehbock]

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  • rhebok — noun Etymology: Afrikaans reebok, from Dutch, male roe deer, from ree roe + boc buck Date: 1813 a brownish gray antelope (Pelea capreolus) of southern Africa …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rhebok — n. smal antelope with brownish gray woolly hair and short straight hornes native to southern Africa …   English contemporary dictionary

  • rhebok — [ ri:bɒk] (also reebok or rhebuck) noun a small South African antelope with a woolly brownish grey coat, a long slender neck, and short straight horns. [Pelea capreolus.] Origin C18: from Du. reebok roebuck …   English new terms dictionary

  • rhebok — rhe·bok …   English syllables

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  • Grey Rhebok — Taxobox name = Grey Rhebok image caption = At the San Diego Zoo status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 trend = stable regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Bovidae subfamilia = Peleinae subfamilia… …   Wikipedia

  • Vaal rhebok — stirninė antilopė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Pelea capreolus angl. grey rhebok; grey rhebuck; grey ribbok; rhebok; rhebuck; ribbok; Vaal rhebok; Vaal rhebuck; Vaal ribbok vok. Rehantilope;… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • grey rhebok — stirninė antilopė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Pelea capreolus angl. grey rhebok; grey rhebuck; grey ribbok; rhebok; rhebuck; ribbok; Vaal rhebok; Vaal rhebuck; Vaal ribbok vok. Rehantilope;… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

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