Blesbok Definition

blĕsbŏk
blesboks
noun
An antelope (Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi) of E South Africa, a subspecies of the bontebok, that has a large white mark on its face.
Webster's New World

Alternative form of blesbuck.

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Other Word Forms of Blesbok

Noun

Singular:
blesbok
Plural:
blesboks

Origin of Blesbok

  • Afrikaans bles white mark on an animal's face (from Middle Dutch bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) bok buck (from Middle Dutch boc)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Blesbok Sentence Examples

  • Many species of antelope are found, mostly in small numbers, including the kudu, hartebeest, the sable and roan antelope, the white tailed and the brindled gnu, waterbuck, red buck, duiker, blesbok, palla, springbuck (numerous), steinbok, grysbok and klipspringer.

  • The last section of the true antelopes is the Bubalinae, represented by the hartebeest, Bubalis, blesbok and sassaby (Damaliscus), and the gnu or wildebeest (Connochaetes, also called Catoblepas), all being African with the exception of one or two hartebeests which range into Syria.

  • This fate has overtaken the elephant, giraffe, the buffalo, quagga, gnu, blesbok, gemsbok and ostrich.

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