steenbok

American  

[steen-bok, steyn-] / ˈstinˌbɒk, ˈsteɪn- /

noun

• steenboks,
  plural
• steenbok
  plural

1. a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of grassy areas of eastern and southern Africa.

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steenbok British  

/ ˈstiːnˌbɒk /

noun

1. Also called: steinbok.  a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of central and southern Africa, having a reddish-brown coat and straight smooth horns

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• steenbok
  plural
• steenboks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of steenbok

1765–75; < Afrikaans < Dutch steen stone + bok buck ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

steenbok steenboks

All at once the steenbok was forgotten, and the snake became the object of the hunter’s skill.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid

Groot Willem, when he came nigh, recognised this antelope to be the steenbok, for he had met with it before, as it is common throughout the colony, inhabiting high lying grounds where there are bushes.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid

And yet the steenbok did not appear to dread it.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid

Or a flock of ostriches would career across our path, their huge strides covering the ground at an incredible pace; queer-looking hartebeest were also plentiful, and duiker, steenbok, and smaller fry abounded everywhere.

From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Frederick Cornell

Up leaped a steenbok, which ran a hundred yards or so, and stopped to look at me.

From Six Months at the Cape by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

I had read and heard much of steenboks, and other noble game, but we saw nothing of the kind, not even a monkey; nor did we even hear the laugh of the hyena at night.

From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Harriet Ward

We set up some guinea-fowl and other birds, and startled a hare, but let them go, as our aim was steenboks.

From Six Months at the Cape by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne