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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The spoor of the hunt guided him in a direct line; for the blesboks, it will be remembered, ran all the while to windward, thus following a straight course.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
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 Mayne Reid
Jan cried out that they were blesboks, one of the finest deer in South Africa.
From Adventures in Africa By an African Trader by William Henry Giles Kingston
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 Mayne Reid
Quagga, Bonte quagga, black wildebeest, elands, hartebeest, ostrich, springboks, blesboks.
From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden
