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gemsbok
[ gemz-bok ]
noun
, plural gems·boks, (especially collectively) gems·bok.
- a large antelope, Oryx gazella, the largest of the oryxes, found in arid regions of southern Africa, including the Kalahari Desert, having a long black tail and conspicuous black striping on the face and from the chin to the front legs and along each lower flank to the rear legs: despite being widely hunted for their nearly straight horns, which are about 33 inches (84 centimeters) long on the males and slightly longer on the females, gemsbok have a conservation status of least concern.
gemsbok
/ ˈɡɛmzˌbʌk /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gemsbok1
C18: from Afrikaans, from German Gemsbock, from Gemse chamois + Bock buck 1
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Example Sentences
The gemsbok is of about the same size as the kudu, and is gray in color above and white below.
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Another very fine antelope is the gemsbok, which is found in the more desert regions of Southwestern Africa.
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The antelope was dead, but the lion still alive; though the horns of the gemsbok had passed through his body.
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Swinton was anxious to possess one or two more specimens of the oryx, or gemsbok.
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The Oryx, or Gemsbok, is a middle-sized species, dwelling in the same neighbourhood with the gnus.
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