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grysbok

[grahys-bok, greys-]

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noun

either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok), having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.

Origin:
1780–90; < Afrikaans, equivalent to grys gray (< Dutch grijs; see griseous) + bok buck¹

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grysbok (ˈɡraɪsˌbɒk)

—n
	either of two small antelopes, Raphicerus melanotis or R. sharpei, of central and southern Africa, having small straight horns

[C18: Afrikaans, from Dutch grijs grey + bokbuck¹]

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