springbok

spring·bok

S0671000 (sprĭng′bŏk′) also spring·buck (-bŭk′)n. pl. springbok or spring·boks also springbuck or spring·bucks A small brown and white gazellelike antelope (Antidorcas marsupialis) of southern Africa, noted for its habit of repeatedly leaping high into the air when startled.

[Afrikaans : spring, to leap up (from Middle Dutch springhen) + bok, male deer (from Middle Dutch boc).]

springbok

(ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk) or less commonly

springbuck

n, pl -bok, -boks, -buck or -bucks (Animals) 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[C18: from Afrikaans, from Dutch springen to spring + bok goat, buck¹]

Springbok

(ˈsprɪŋˌbʌk; -ˌbɒk) n (Team Sports, other than specified) a person who has represented South Africa at rugby union

spring•bok

(ˈsprɪŋˌbɒk)

n., pl. -boks, (esp. collectively) -bok. a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of S Africa, that leaps up high when alarmed. [1765–75; < Afrikaans. See spring, buck¹]

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Noun

springbok - a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the airAntidorcas euchore, Antidorcas marsupialis, springbuckgazelle - small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyesAntidorcas, genus Antidorcas - springboks

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springbok

springbok:

see antelopeantelope,
name applied to any of a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the bison, buffalo, sheep, and goats. Found in Africa and Eurasia, they range in size from pygmy antelopes, 12 in.
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Springbok

(Antidorcas marsupialis), an artiodactyl mammal of the family Bovidae. The body length is 120 to 140 cm, the tail length reaches 87 cm, and the weight is 32–36 kg. The back and sides are yellow-brown; the sides are marked with dark stripes. The head and underparts are white. Along the back and croup there is a fold of skin with long, light hairs that stand up, forming a white crest, when the animal is frightened or excited. Both males and females have lyre-shaped horns reaching a length of 40 cm. The springbok is a herd animal that inhabits the forest-less plains of southern Africa (south of 10° S lat.). In fright or in play it jumps as high as 3.5 m. The springbok feeds on grass and the leaves of shrubs. Nearly extinct, it has been preserved only in a few national parks in southern Africa.

springbok

(less commonly), springbuck 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

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noun a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air

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