[bon-tee-bok] 
) -bok. | a purplish-red antelope, Damaliscus dorcas, of southern Africa, having a white face and rump: now nearly extinct. |
| bon·te·bok (bŏn'tə-bŏk') n. A rare South African antelope (Damaliscus dorcas or D. pygargus) having a dark reddish coat, a white rump, and a white mark on the face. [Afrikaans : bont, spotted (from Middle Dutch, probably from Latin pūnctus; see point) + bok, buck (from Middle Dutch boc).] |