blaubok

American  

[blou-bok] / ˈblaʊˌbɒk /

noun

plural

blauboks,

plural

blaubok

1. a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct.

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blaubok British  

/ ˈblaʊˌbɒk /

noun

1. Also called: blue buck.  a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus , of southern Africa: extinct since 1800

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Etymology

Origin of blaubok

< Afrikaans < Dutch blauwbok, equivalent to blauw blue + bok buck ¹

Example Sentences

—The first of the African antelopes to become extinct in modern times was a species of large size, closely related to the roan antelope of to-day, and named by the early Dutch settlers of Cape Colony the blaubok, which means "blue-buck."

From Project Gutenberg

The quagga and the blaubok became extinct before the world learned that their existence was threatened!

From Project Gutenberg