steenbok

[ steen-bok, steyn- ]

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noun

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

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

steenbok

/ ˈstiːnˌbɒk /

a small antelope, Raphicerus campestris, of central and southern Africa, having a reddish-brown coat and straight smooth horns Also calledsteinbok

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

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C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch steen stone + bok buck ¹; Compare steinbock

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On March 10 my faithful brown pony Steenbok died of horse-sickness.

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

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