springboks
- plural of springbok.
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
None of the species can be called gregarious—that is, they do not appear in large herds, like the springboks, gnoos, hartebeests, or bonteboks—though small troops of less than a dozen—families, in fact—may be seen together.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
Here, after the rains, they can range freely with their flocks and pursue the trekking springboks, and live the old wild life.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
Herds of antelopes, zebras, quaggas, springboks, and other wild beasts are, however, still to be found, and furnish a large portion of the farmers' supplies of animal food.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
