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steen⋅bok

[steen-bok, steyn-]
–noun, plural -boks, (especially collectively) -bok.
a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of grassy areas of eastern and southern Africa.
Also, steinbok.


Origin:
1765–75; < Afrik < D steen stone + bok buck 1
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steen·bok   (stēn'bŏk', stān'-)   
n.  A small antelope (Raphicerus campestris) of southern and eastern Africa, having a brownish coat and short, pointed horns in the male and living chiefly in dry grasslands.

[Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch steenboc, ibex : steen, stone; see stāi- in Indo-European roots + boc, buck.]
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