springbok
a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
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The springbok ordinarily makes its home in the arid, sandy plains called karroos.
The World and Its People: Book VII | Anna B. BadlamThe general color of the springbok is a tawny brown on the upper parts of the body.
The World and Its People: Book VII | Anna B. BadlamOnce I dashed into a herd of trekking game so suddenly, that a springbok, unable to stop itself, leapt right over me.
Marie | H. Rider HaggardIt was in these circumstances that we set out shortly before midnight in the pitch darkness from springbok Valley.
The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 | Captain W. C. C. WeetmanI am fairly good with a knife, and I carved very presentable likenesses of a monkey, a springbok, and a rhinoceros.
Greenmantle | John Buchan
British Dictionary definitions for springbok (1 of 2)
less commonly springbuck
/ (ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk) /
an antelope, Antidorcas marsupialis, of semidesert regions of southern Africa, which moves in leaps exposing a patch of white erectile hairs on the rump that are usually covered by a fold of skin
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1British Dictionary definitions for Springbok (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk, -ˌbɒk) /
a person who has represented South Africa at rugby union
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