sharpes-grysbok
Sharpe's grysbok
noun
See under grysbok.
Origin:
after British colonial official Sir Alfred Sharpe (1853–1935), first European observer of the species, in Nyasaland in 1896
after British colonial official Sir Alfred Sharpe (1853–1935), first European observer of the species, in Nyasaland in 1896
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bɒk, ˈgreɪs- 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.
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| —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 + bok | |
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