bontebok
Americannoun
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bonteboks,
plural
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bontebok
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bontebok
1780–90; < Afrikaans, equivalent to bont piebald (≪ Medieval Latin punctus dotted; see point) + bok buck 1
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The legs of the bontebok are white from the knee down, while those of his congener are only white on the insides—the outsides being brown.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
Such is the colour of the bontebok, and that of the blesbok differs from it only in the points already mentioned, and in its colours being somewhat less marked and brilliant.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
The bontebok is not only one of the loveliest antelopes in Africa, but one of the swiftest.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
They had arrived in the “zuur-veldt,” the country of the sour grass—the favourite home of the blesbok and bontebok.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
Herds of gnus and bontebok bounded over the plains, and many solitary antelopes started from their lairs as he approached them.
From Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson
His double-barrel, loaded with ball, had enabled him to knock over a couple of the “painted goats”—as bonteboks are sometimes styled—right and left.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
The springboks, when alarmed, take to flight and scatter off in any direction, whereas the bonteboks and blesboks invariably run against the wind, bearing their noses close along the ground, like hounds upon a trail!
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
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