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Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa
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steenbok
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Wiktionary
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n. a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa: ''Raphicerus campestris''
Wikipedia
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The steenbok ( Raphicerus campestris ) is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa . It is sometimes known as the steinbuck or steinbok .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Steinbock \Stein"bock`\, n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok. Cf. Steenbok .] (Zo["o]l.) The European ibex. A small South African antelope ( Nanotragus tragulus ) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok . [Written also steinboc ...
WordNet
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n. small plains antelope of southeastern Africa [syn: steinbok , Raphicerus campestris ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1775, from Afrikaans steenbok , from Middle Dutch steenboc "wild goat," literally "stone buck," cognate with Old English stanbucca "mountain goat," German Steinbock . See stone (n.) + buck (n.1).
Usage examples of steenbok.
There were gemsbok and eland head to complete the display of larger antelope and next to them, in a cluster of five heads, were the smaller variety of buck: grey duiker, klipspringer, steenbok, reebok, and springbok.
Behind a palisade of split bamboo to protect the lawns and gardens from the attentions of the duiker and steenbok and kudu, it glowed like a green jewel in the sombre brown of the hills.
The few duiker and steenbok that had once roamed our plain had smelled the coming of the Whites and the fleeing Kung, and had run away.