bontebok

From Afrikaans bontebok, from Dutch bontebok (literally “motley goat”).

bontebok (plural bonteboks)

1. A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus
   • 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

     There are hundreds of different kinds, and Terence knew them all. With his sharp eyes, he could spot them about 10 miles away. This is a bontebok, now rare.

• bontebok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Damaliscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Damaliscus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Dutch bontebok (literally “motley goat”).

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bontebok (plural bontebokke)

1. bontebok

• → English: bontebok
• → Italian: bontebok

Univerbation of bonte (“motley”) +‎ bok (“buck”). Attested from the mid-18th century.

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bontebok m (plural bontebokken, diminutive bontebokje n)

1. a grysbok, any small antelope of the genus Raphicerus

• Afrikaans: bontebok
  • → English: bontebok
  • → Italian: bontebok

• bontebok (antilope) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Afrikaans bontebok.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔn.te.bok/
• Rhymes: -ɔntebok
• Hyphenation: bòn‧te‧bok

bontebok m (invariable)

1. bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus)