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blesbok

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bles·bok  (blsbk)
n. pl. blesbok or bles·boks
A South African antelope (Damaliscus albifrons) having curved horns and a large white mark on its face.
[Afrikaans : bles, white mark on an animal's face (from Middle Dutch; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) + bok, buck (from Middle Dutch boc).]
blesbok, blesbuck [ˈblɛsˌbʌk]
n pl -boks, -bok, -bucks -buck
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an antelope, Damaliscus dorcas (or albifrons), of southern Africa. The coat is a deep reddish-brown with a white blaze between the eyes; the horns are lyre-shaped
[Afrikaans, from Dutch bles blaze2 + bok goat, buck1]
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We were both elated over the trophies we had taken--two waterbucks, three impalas, a warthog, a blesbok, a gemsbok, a kudu, a blue wildebeest, a red hartebeest, and a duiker.
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