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springbok definition

spring·bok (-bäk′)

noun pl. springbok -·bok′ or springboks -·boks′

a graceful gazelle (Antidorcas marsupialis) of S Africa, noted for its tendency to leap high in the air, as when startled
also springbuck spring′·buck′ (-buk′)

Etymology: Afrik < Du springen, to spring + bok, buck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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