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noun
A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: antelope
Narrower terms: kob, Kobus kob, lechwe, Kobus leche
History
From Afrikaans waterbok, after the animal's habit of escaping to waterways.
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