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Definition of Grysbok

1. n. A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn.

Definition of Grysbok

1. Noun. A small antelope of genus ''Raphicerus'' from South Africa ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grysbok

1. an antelope [n -S] - See also: antelope

Medical Definition of Grysbok

1. A small South African antelope (Neotragus melanotis). It is speckled with gray and chestnut, above; the under parts are reddish fawn. Origin: D. Grijs gray + bok buck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Grysbok

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger": Being an Account of Various by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1879)
"The grysbok on the other hand, lies hid in the thickest bushes or tads of reed, ... Mr. McKellar used to hunt the grysbok with beagles with great success. ..."

2. Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger": being an account of various by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1879)
"The grysbok on the other hand, lies hid in the thickest bushes or beds of reed, ... Mr. McKellar used to hunt the grysbok with beagles with great success. ..."

3. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"The grysbok, on the other hand, lies hid in the thickest bushes or beds of reed, ... Mr. McKellar used to hunt the grysbok with beagles with great success. ..."

4. Big Game Shooting by Horatio Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"The grysbok stands about 22 inches at the shoulder, and is a trifle ... Even at the present day grysbok are quite common in the neighbourhood of Cape Town, ..."

5. Holland's Influence on English Language and Literature by Tiemen De Vries (1916)
"From D. grysbok (South African). guelder-ros, gueldres-rose—a species of Viburnum, bearing large white ball-shaped flowers. So named from some resemblance ..."

6. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1834)
"The habits of the grysbok are in most respects similar to those of the steenbok. It lives in pairs upon the plains, never unites into troops or Hocks, ..."

7. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The grysbok possesses lateral hoofs, but these are absent in the Steinbok. The Steinbok is one of the most common Antelopes of South Africa, frequenting the ..."

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