guibn.
/ɡwɪb/ The harnessed antelope of West Africa. Tragelaphus scriptus.
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guib1774
wood-goat1785
bosch-bok1786
harnessed antelopec1789
wood-deer1812
bush antelope1834
bush-buck1852
bush-goat1865
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 81 The third that may be mentioned, he [sc. Buffon] calls the Guiba. It resembles the gazelles in every particular, except in the colour of the belly, which..is of a deep brown.
1834 Penny Cycl. II. 78/2 The Guib (Antilope scripta, Pallas) has the same general characters of the boshbok. (In recent dicts.)
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