steenbok
noun
a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of grassy areas of eastern and southern Africa.
steenboks
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pluralof steenbok.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
