springbuck

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.

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

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