Definition of bontebok in English:

bontebok

nounPlural bonteboksˈbɒntəbɒkˈbän(t)ēˌbäk

An antelope with a mainly reddish-brown coat and white face, found in eastern South Africa. It belongs to the same species as the blesbok.
Damaliscus dorcas dorcas, family Bovidae
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly.
- The conservation status of the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra), a rare and endangered mammal, was even worse than that of the bontebok.
- Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane.
- He would have been happy to shoot a bontebok or an eland, but what he found grazing in the heath was a solitary bluebuck with scimitar-shaped horns.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch bont 'pied' + bok 'buck'.

Definition of bontebok in US English:

bontebok

nounˈbän(t)ēˌbäk

An antelope with a mainly reddish-brown coat and white face, found in eastern South Africa. It belongs to the same species as the blesbok.
Damaliscus dorcas dorcas, family Bovidae
Example sentencesExamples
- He would have been happy to shoot a bontebok or an eland, but what he found grazing in the heath was a solitary bluebuck with scimitar-shaped horns.
- Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane.
- ‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly.
- The conservation status of the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra), a rare and endangered mammal, was even worse than that of the bontebok.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch bont ‘pied’ + bok ‘buck’.

单词	bontebok
释义	Definition of bontebok in English: bontebok nounPlural bonteboksˈbɒntəbɒkˈbän(t)ēˌbäk An antelope with a mainly reddish-brown coat and white face, found in eastern South Africa. It belongs to the same species as the blesbok. Damaliscus dorcas dorcas, family Bovidae Example sentencesExamples ‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly. The conservation status of the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra), a rare and endangered mammal, was even worse than that of the bontebok. Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane. He would have been happy to shoot a bontebok or an eland, but what he found grazing in the heath was a solitary bluebuck with scimitar-shaped horns. Origin Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch bont 'pied' + bok 'buck'. Definition of bontebok in US English: bontebok nounˈbän(t)ēˌbäk An antelope with a mainly reddish-brown coat and white face, found in eastern South Africa. It belongs to the same species as the blesbok. Damaliscus dorcas dorcas, family Bovidae Example sentencesExamples He would have been happy to shoot a bontebok or an eland, but what he found grazing in the heath was a solitary bluebuck with scimitar-shaped horns. Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane. ‘It's just a matter of hours before she gives birth,’ Dominic Moss says excitedly as he peers at the bontebok's swollen belly. The conservation status of the Cape mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra), a rare and endangered mammal, was even worse than that of the bontebok. Origin Late 18th century: from Afrikaans, from Dutch bont ‘pied’ + bok ‘buck’.
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