- blauwbok
- extinct bluish-coloured antelope of southern Africa
Phrontistery dictionary. 2013.
blauwbok
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blauwbok — n. extinct antelope with bluish coat … Dictionary of difficult words
blauwbok — … Useful english dictionary
Blaubok — Blau bok, n. [D. blauwbok.] (Zo[ o]l.) The blue buck. See {Blue buck}, under {Blue}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blaubok — /blow bok /, n., pl. blauboks, (esp. collectively) blaubok. a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct. [ < Afrik < D blauwbok, equiv. to blauw BLUE + bok BUCK1] * * * … Universalium
Unusual Animals — Over the years, a number of correspondents have written to me, asking for the names of words for weird animals beginning with certain letters of the alphabet, especially those beginning with x, q, and z. Here, finally, is a glossary of 320… … Phrontistery dictionary
blaubok — [blou′bäk΄] n. pl. blaubok or blauboks [obs. Afrik blauwbok, lit., blue buck] a large, bluish gray antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) of South Africa: now extinct … English World dictionary
blauw|bok — blau|bok or blauw|bok «BLOW BOK», noun, plural bok or boks. 1. a large, bluish South African antelope, now extinct. 2. any one of various small South African antelopes. ╂[< Afrikaans blauwbok < Dutch < blauw blue + bok buck, goat] … Useful english dictionary
blau|bok — or blauw|bok «BLOW BOK», noun, plural bok or boks. 1. a large, bluish South African antelope, now extinct. 2. any one of various small South African antelopes. ╂[< Afrikaans blauwbok < Dutch < blauw blue + bok buck, goat] … Useful english dictionary
