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 [spring-buhk]  

spring·buck

   [spring-buhk]
noun, plural -bucks, (especially collectively) -buck.
springbok.
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springbok or (less commonly) springbuck (ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk)
 
—n , pl -bok, -boks, -buck, -bucks
an antelope, Antidorcas marsupialis, of semidesert regions of southern Africa, which moves in leaps exposing a patch of white erectile hairs on the rump that are usually covered by a fold of skin
 
[C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch springen to spring + bok goat, buck1]
 
springbuck or (less commonly) springbuck
 
—n
 
[C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch springen to spring + bok goat, buck1]

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