springbok
noun
a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
springboks
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pluralof springbok.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Witek finds giraffes, rhinos, hippos, baboons, one nasty-looking crocodile, wart hogs, kudus, wildebeest, mongooses, zebras, springboks, impalas but only a trace of lions — a half-eaten elephant carcass alongside a pond.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2010
All the springboks playing baseball, the pandas who controlled the big wooden slides, even the nerdy pangolins who played D&D in the shade of the library.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Within the frontier districts, springboks are plenty, as also the common wildebeests; and piles of the horns of these may be seen lying around the kraals of every vee-boor.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
The zebras had gone out of sight, so, too, the springboks.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
Quagga, Bonte quagga, black wildebeest, elands, hartebeest, ostrich, springboks, blesboks.
From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden
