kob

[kob, kohb]

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 Sea
Rudyard Kipling
Osaka is about eighteen miles from Kob, and stands at the head of the bay of Osaka.
From Sea to Sea
Rudyard 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 Sea
Rudyard Kipling
Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.
The Complete Works of Josh Billings
Henry W. Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for kob

kob

noun

any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks

Word Origin for kob

C20: from a Niger-Congo language; compare Wolof koba, Fulani kōba

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