blaubok

[ blou-bok ]

noun,plural blau·boks, (especially collectively) blau·bok.
  1. a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct.

Origin of blaubok

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<Afrikaans <Dutch blauwbok, equivalent to blauwblue + bokbuck1

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British Dictionary definitions for blaubok

blaubok

/ (ˈblaʊˌbɒk) /


nounplural -boks or -bok
  1. a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa: extinct since 1800: Also called: blue buck

Origin of blaubok

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C18: via Afrikaans from Dutch blauwbok

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