blaubok

blaubok
/blow"bok'/, n., pl. blauboks, (esp. collectively) blaubok.
a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct.
[ < Afrik < D blauwbok, equiv. to blauw BLUE + bok BUCK1]

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  • Blaubok — Blau bok, n. [D. blauwbok.] (Zo[ o]l.) The blue buck. See {Blue buck}, under {Blue}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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