kukaman.
/kuːˈkɑːmə/ The southern African antelope, Oryx gazella; see oryx n.
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1850 R. G. Cumming Hunter's Life S. Afr. (1902) 140/2 An old kookama or oryx.
1852 Catal. Mammalia Brit. Mus. III. 105 Oryx gazella. The Kookaam or Gemsboc. Horns straight, shelving backwards.
1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. iii. 56 The gemsbuck or kukama.
1888 J. S. Kingsley Riverside Nat. Hist. V. 326 The Oryx capensis of South Africa, or Gemsbok of the Dutch colonists, Kokama of the Bechuanas, is even more striking in its coloring.
1971 R. H. N. Smithers Mammals Botswana 238/2 Oryx gazella. Kukama. Gemsbok.
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