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kob  (kb, kb)
n.
An orange-brown African antelope (Kobus kob) of Gambia east to Uganda and Ethiopia, having lyre-shaped horns in the male.
[Wolof.]
kob [kɒb]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks
[from a Niger-Congo language; compare Wolof koba, Fulani kōba]
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Noun1.kob - an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africakob - an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa
Kobus kob
waterbuck - any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
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