blaubok

American

[blou-bok] / ˈblaʊˌbɒk /

noun

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

blaubok British

/ ˈblaʊˌbɒk /

noun

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

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noun

Etymology

Origin of blaubok

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

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

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

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