bushbok, noun
- Forms:
- Also bushbock.
- Origin:
- South African DutchShow more Partial translation of South African Dutch boschbok, see boschbok.
obs.
bushbuck. Also attributive.
1821 C.I. Latrobe Jrnl of Visit 196The road..led through a forest of large bushes or various kinds, among which we started..a bushbock antelope.
1877 R.M. Ballantyne Settler & Savage 269Advancing down the kloof..the leopard soon came in sight of a fine bushbok...But the bushbok was not within spring-range.
bushbuck. Also attributive.
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