steen·bok (st n b k , st n-) also stein·bok (st n-)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 st i- in Indo-European roots + boc, buck.] |
steenbok [ˈstiːnˌbɒk]
n pl -boks, -bok
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of central and southern Africa, having a reddish-brown coat and straight smooth horns Also called steinbok
[from Afrikaans, from Dutch steen stone + bok buck1; Compare steinbock]
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| Noun | 1. |  steenbok - small plains antelope of southeastern Africaantelope - graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks genus Raphicerus, Raphicerus - African antelopes: steenboks |
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