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kob
[ kob, kohb ]
noun
- an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.
kob
/ kɒb /
noun
- any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kob1
1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kob1
C20: from a Niger-Congo language; compare Wolof koba, Fulani kōba
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Example Sentences
Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.
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Sarcobasis, sr-kob′a-sis, n. a fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells.
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You will often see little boys and girls running down steps and paved streets on these dangerous kob kobs.
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(Euripides i, 86) suggesting that the Wooden Horse was a sar-kob.
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That the tzeiran, koba, and kob, are varieties of another: 3.
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