springbok

[ spring-bok ]

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noun

, plural spring·boks, (especially collectively) spring·bok.

a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.

springbok

/ ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk /

an antelope, Antidorcas marsupialis, of semidesert regions of southern Africa, which moves in leaps exposing a patch of white erectile hairs on the rump that are usually covered by a fold of skin

Springbok

/ -ˌbɒk; ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk /

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1765–75; < Afrikaans. See spring, buck ¹

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C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch springen to spring + bok goat, buck ¹

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The springbok ordinarily makes its home in the arid, sandy plains called karroos.

The general color of the springbok is a tawny brown on the upper parts of the body.

Once I dashed into a herd of trekking game so suddenly, that a springbok, unable to stop itself, leapt right over me.

It was in these circumstances that we set out shortly before midnight in the pitch darkness from Springbok Valley.

I am fairly good with a knife, and I carved very presentable likenesses of a monkey, a springbok, and a rhinoceros.

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