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spring⋅buck

[spring-buhk]
–noun, plural -bucks, (especially collectively) -buck.
springbok.
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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).]
spring·buck   (sprĭng'bŭk')   
n.  Variant of springbok.
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