[spring-bok] 
) -bok. | a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed. |
| spring·bok (sprĭng'bŏk') n. pl. springbok or spring·boks also springbuck or spring·bucks A small brown and white gazelle (Antidorcas marsupialis) of southern Africa, noted for its habit of repeatedly leaping high into the air when startled. [Afrikaans : spring, to leap up (from Middle Dutch springhen) + bok, male deer (from Middle Dutch boc).] |