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Definition of Steenbok
1. Noun. Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa.
Generic synonyms: Antelope
Group relationships: Genus Raphicerus, Raphicerus
Definition of Steenbok
1. n. Same as Steinbock.
Definition of Steenbok
1. Noun. a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa: ''Raphicerus campestris'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Steenbok
1. an African antelope [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steenbok
Literary usage of Steenbok
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Expedition of Discovery Into the Interior of Africa: Through the Hitherto by James Edward Alexander (1838)
"... —The ready Cook—Misfortunes again—Anecdote of a Dutchman's Consequence—The
steenbok—Our Practice in Hunting—Life among the Boors—The Berg River—Mynheer ..."
2. An Expedition of Discovery Into the Interior of Africa: Through the Hitherto by James Edward Alexander (1838)
"... Malms- bury — Field-cornet De Toit—Losing one's way—The ready Cook—Misfortunes
again—Anecdote of a Dutchman's Consequence — The steenbok — Our Practice ..."
3. 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 steenbok resides in pairs on the stony plains and mountain valleys of South
Africa, not, however, frequenting very elevated or rocky localities, ..."
4. Big Game Shooting by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1905)
"The grysbok stands about 22 inches at the shoulder, and is a trifle stouter in
shape than its elegant little cousin the steenbok. ..."
5. Lives of the Warriors who Have Commanded Fleets and Armies Before the Enemy by Edward Cust (1869)
"The armies, under the respective commands of the Marshals steenbok, Eberstein,
... Marshal steenbok had fled from the battle-field without entering ..."
6. Guide to Southern Africa by Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company (1893)
"steenbok (lit. stone goat; tragulus rupestris), one of the smallest and most
beautiful of the antelopes, stands 20 in. high at shoulder and is 35 in. long, ..."
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