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

The lion was observed to crawl off from the spot in a direction that would enable him to get upon the path of the gemsboks, between them and the camp.

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

Should they saddle and ride out after the gemsboks?

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

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 Reid, Mayne

Both the gemsboks were regularly “butchered” and cut into quarters, to be carried to the next camp, and there dried.

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

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