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‖ gemsbok|ˈgɛmzbɒk|
Also 8–9 gemsbock, (8 gemse-bok), 9 gemsbuck, -boc.
[Du. gemsbok (properly chamois, but in S. Africa misapplied as below), a. Ger. gemsbock, f. gemse, fem., chamois + bock buck.]
The name given in S. Africa to a large antelope (Oryx capensis).
1777G. Forster Voy. round World I. 84 The Egyptian antelope..is here [at the Cape] called gems-bock or chamois. 1824W. J. Burchell Trav. II. 23 A herd of antelopes of the species known among the boors by the misapplied name of Gemsbok. 1865Tylor Early Hist. Man. viii. 221 A gemsbock's horn attached to a slender stick. 1883J. Mackenzie Day-dawn in Dark places 48 The kukama (gemsbuck or oryx) fleetest of the antelopes. |