单词 | gemsbok |
释义 | gemsbokn. The name given in South Africa to a large antelope ( Oryx capensis). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Oryx (oryx) > Oryx gazella (gemsbok) oryxa1382 gemsbok1777 beisa1850 kukama1850 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). < n.1777 |
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