单词 | steenbok |
释义 | steenbokn. A small South African antelope, Rhaphiceros campestris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Neotraginae > genus Raphicerus(steenbok or grysbok) red antelope1775 steenbok1775 grysbok1786 1775 Masson Journeys at Cape in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 295 Some had the skin of a steenbock hung over their breast. 1850 R. G. Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. III. xxxiii. 353 Returning..I shot a steinbok. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 431 He has shot every kind of game in Africa, from a steinbuck to an elephant. 1894 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. II. 307 Although the name steinbok is properly restricted to a single species of antelope, it will be found [etc.]. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms Steenbok... Raphicerus campestris. The word is frequently corrupted to Stembok. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775 |
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