blesbok
noun
a large antelope, Damaliscus albifrons, of southern Africa, having a blaze on the face.
blesboks
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pluralof blesbok.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As the blesboks came under the lee of each hill that covered a hunter, they suddenly swerved, and swept round him at such a distance as to render shooting at them a perfectly ridiculous thing.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
Of course they did not commence crouching, until they had tried how near the blesboks would allow them to come without cover.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
Enough to give hopes to the yägers, else they would not have dreamt of such a thing as an attempt to stalk the blesboks.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
He had been shooting some of the various kinds of antelopes which abound in that country, under various names, such as wildebeests, springboks, blesboks, and pallahs, when the adventure occurred, which he thus describes.
From Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians by Gordon-Cumming, Roualeyn
Jan cried out that they were blesboks, one of the finest deer in South Africa.
From Adventures in Africa By an African Trader by Kingston, William Henry Giles
