kob

[ kob, kohb ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

kob

/ kɒb /

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

Origin of kob¹

1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba

Origin of kob¹

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

Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.

Sarcobasis, sr-kob′a-sis, n. a fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells.

You will often see little boys and girls running down steps and paved streets on these dangerous kob kobs.

(Euripides i, 86) suggesting that the Wooden Horse was a sar-kob.

That the tzeiran, koba, and kob, are varieties of another: 3.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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