blesboks

Variant of blesbok

blesbok definition

bles·bok (bles′bäk′)

noun pl. blesbok -·bok′ or blesboks -·boks′

an antelope (Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi) of E South Africa, a subspecies of the bontebok, that has a large white mark on its face
also blesbuck bles′·buck′ (-buk′)

Etymology: Afrik < bles, blaze + bok, buck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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