gemsboks

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of gemsbok.
  gemsbok

  noun

  a large antelope, Oryx gazella, the largest of the oryxes, found in arid regions of southern Africa, including the Kalahari Desert, having a long black tail and conspicuous black striping on the face and from the chin to the front legs and along each lower flank to the rear legs: despite being widely hunted for their nearly straight horns, which are about 33 inches (84 centimeters) long on the males and slightly longer on the females, gemsbok have a conservation status of least concern.

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gemsboks

At the summit, she pauses to drink in the view--and the silence--while the gemsboks peer at her from behind a live oak.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not the destiny of either of the gemsboks to die by a leaden bullet.

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

It was not likely then that the gemsboks were coming to the vley.

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

On my way home I come across Pater-son's after-rider, "jaging" a troop of gemsboks, but fearfully to leeward, his illustrious master being nowhere in sight.

From Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming

It would scarce be possible to stalk the gemsboks.

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

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