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Definition of Gemsbuck
1. Noun. Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks.
Definition of Gemsbuck
1. Noun. A large African antelope of the Oryx genus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gemsbuck
1. gemsbok [n -S] - See also: gemsbok
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemsbuck
Literary usage of Gemsbuck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... ON THE gemsbuck Number of African antelopes—The eland—Roan and sable ...
Oxen frightened—Horse wounded by lioness—gemsbuck bull shot—Visit from ..."
2. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"gemsbuck (Oryx gazella). The long, straight, spear-like horns, of which even the
lion fights shy, render the gemsbuck and its more immediate allies an ..."
3. Wanderings and Memories by John Guille Millais (1919)
"I saw lots of spoor of Harte- beest and gemsbuck, but did not hunt much, ...
On the way up I shot two gemsbuck, one Koodoo, one Wildebeest, two Springbuck ..."
4. Fifty Years in South Africa: Being Some Recollections and Reflections of a by George Nicholson (1898)
"Natives assert that the lion is very averse to attacking the gemsbuck, ...
A riñe or gun to be good for gemsbuck should therefore have strong penetrating ..."
5. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1906)
"Thus it will be seen that a Golden gemsbuck was an animal to covet, to kill, to
preserve, and to gloat and boast over. Having trekked far from civilisation, ..."
6. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The gemsbuck (O. gazella] is a South African species; in Abyssinia and ...
The gemsbuck has been known to kill the Lion by transfixing it with its horns. ..."
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