kob
[kob, kohb]
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noun
an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.
Origin of kob
1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba
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Historical Examples of kob
That the tzeiran, koba, and kob, are varieties of another: 3.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VIII (of 10)Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Let him get first a good guide at Kob, and the rest will come easily enough.
From Sea to SeaRudyard Kipling
Osaka is about eighteen miles from Kob, and stands at the head of the bay of Osaka.
From Sea to SeaRudyard Kipling
They took us to what must be the chief temple of Kob and gave it a name which I do not remember.
From Sea to SeaRudyard Kipling
Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.
The Complete Works of Josh BillingsHenry W. Shaw
kob
noun
Word Origin for kob
C20: from a Niger-Congo language; compare Wolof koba, Fulani kōba
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