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单词 gemsbok
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gemsbokn.

Brit. /ˈɡɛmzbɒk/, U.S. /ˈɡɛmzˌbɑk/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s gemsbock, (1700s gemse-bok), 1800s gemsbuck, gemsboc.
Etymology: < Dutch gemsbok (properly chamois, but in South Africa misapplied as below), < German gemsbock, < gemse, feminine, chamois + bock buck.
The name given in South Africa to a large antelope ( Oryx capensis).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Oryx (oryx) > Oryx gazella (gemsbok)
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1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 84 The Egyptian antelope..is here [i.e. at the Cape] called gems-bock or chamois.
1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. II. 23 A herd of antelopes of the species known among the boors by the misapplied name of Gemsbok.
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind viii. 221 A gemsbock's horn attached to a slender stick.
1883 J. Mackenzie Day-dawn in Dark Places 48 The kukama (gemsbuck or oryx) fleetest of the antelopes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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