blaubok
[ blou-bok ]
noun,plural blau·boks, (especially collectively) blau·bok.
a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct.
Origin of blaubok
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British Dictionary definitions for blaubok
blaubok
/ (ˈblaʊˌbɒk) /
nounplural -boks or -bok
a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa: extinct since 1800: Also called: blue buck
Origin of blaubok
1C18: via Afrikaans from Dutch blauwbok
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