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Definition of Gemsbok
1. Noun. Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks.
Definition of Gemsbok
1. n. A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.
Definition of Gemsbok
1. Noun. A large African antelope of the Oryx genus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gemsbok
1. a large antelope [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gemsbok
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemsbok
Literary usage of Gemsbok
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa: With by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1874)
"... Nomade Boer's Encampment—Anec dote of the gemsbok—Cobus rides down a splendid
old Bull Gem» bok—A Night in the Desert—Paterson arrives—Bushmen—Their ex ..."
2. Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony, with a by Henry Anderson Bryden (1889)
"The gemsbok, whose Dutch name has clung to it these 200 years, is an antelope of
striking ... As a beast of the chase the gemsbok stands almost unrivalled. ..."
3. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"... antelope and gemsbok group. The first of the genera in question includes the
FIG. 58. HEAD OF gemsbok (Oryx gazella). harnessed antelopes (Tragelaphus), ..."
4. Lake Ngami, Or, Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years' Wanderings by Charles John Andersson, John Charles Frémont (1857)
"As yet, with the exception of a few zebras, etc., we had seen no wild animals,
though the " spoor" or track of the gnoo and gemsbok were frequent enough. ..."
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