bontebok

American  

[bon-tee-bok] / ˈbɒn tiˌbɒk /

noun

plural

bonteboks,

plural

bontebok

1. a purplish-red antelope, Damaliscus dorcas, of southern Africa, having a white face and rump: now nearly extinct.

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bontebok British  

/ ˈbɒntɪˌbʌk /

noun

1. an antelope, Damaliscus pygargus (or dorcas ), of southern Africa, having a deep reddish-brown coat with a white blaze, tail, and rump patch

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Etymology

Origin of bontebok

1780–90; < Afrikaans, equivalent to bont piebald (≪ Medieval Latin punctus dotted; point ) + bok buck ¹

Example Sentences

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

In Africa that list should include the eland, white rhinoceros, blessbok, bontebok, kudu, giraffes and southern elephants, sable antelope, rhinoceros south of the Zambesi, leucoryx antelope and whale-headed stork.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple

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

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 colours of the bontebok are purple violet and brown of every shade—not mingling together, but marking the body as if laid on by the brush of a sign-painter.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne