blesbok

American  

[bles-bok] / ˈblɛsˌbɒk /

noun

PLURAL

blesboks

PLURAL

blesbok

1. a large antelope, Damaliscus albifrons, of southern Africa, having a blaze on the face.

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blesbok British  

/ ˈblɛsˌbʌk /

noun

1. an antelope, Damaliscus dorcas (or albifrons ), of southern Africa. The coat is a deep reddish-brown with a white blaze between the eyes; the horns are lyre-shaped

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Etymology

Origin of blesbok

1815–25; < Afrikaans, equivalent to Dutch bles blaze ² + bok buck ¹

Example Sentences

With his black labrador retrievers Miga and Bela, Griffin hunts dove, quail and pheasant in the Permian Basin and Panhandle and he shot Impala and Blesbok in South Africa in 2009 and 2011.

From Washington Times

Instead, the team found that lions and hyenas had similar ranges of neurons as prey animals of relative size, such as the blesbok and kudu.

From Washington Post

Over the same period, the population of blesbok, a white-faced antelope, has grown from 2,000 to 250,000, with 90 percent on private land.

From Reuters

Ernst said he had to cut his blesbok herd to 250 from 500.

From Reuters

This year, dozens of runners were cut off by herds of galloping wildebeest and blesbok antelope, which kicked up huge clouds of dust in their wake.

From The Wall Street Journal