bontebok
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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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Our young yägers had now arrived in the land of the blesbok and bontebok.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
No. Their success lay simply in the fact, that on the day when they jäged the bontebok, there was no wind—not a breath of air stirring.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
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 Reid, Mayne
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