bontebok

bontebok
/bon"tee bok'/, n., pl. bonteboks, (esp. collectively) bontebok.
a purplish-red antelope, Damaliscus dorcas, of southern Africa, having a white face and rump: now nearly extinct.
[1780-90; < Afrik, equiv. to bont piebald ( ML punctus dotted; see POINT) + bok BUCK1]

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