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单词 blaubok
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blaubok

[ blou-bok ]
/ ˈblaʊˌbɒk /

noun, plural blau·boks, (especially collectively) blau·bok.

a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct.

Origin of blaubok

<Afrikaans <Dutch blauwbok, equivalent to blauwblue + bokbuck1

Words nearby blaubok

blate, blather, blatherskite, blatted, blatter, blaubok, Blaue Reiter, Blavatsky, blaw, Blaxican, Blaxploitation
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Example sentences from the Web for blaubok

  • The quagga and the blaubok became extinct before the world learned that their existence was threatened!

    Our Vanishing Wild Life|William T. Hornaday

British Dictionary definitions for blaubok

blaubok
/ (ˈblaʊˌbɒk) /

noun plural -boks or -bok

a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa: extinct since 1800Also called: blue buck

Word Origin for blaubok

C18: via Afrikaans from Dutch blauwbok
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