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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GEMSBOK
n.The name given to a variety of the antelope.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GEMSBOK
Gems "bok, n. Etym: [D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis ), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.
New American Oxford Dictionary
gemsbok
gems bok |ˈgemzˌbäk ˈɡɛmzbɑk | ▶noun a large antelope that has a gray coat, distinctive black-and-white head markings, and long straight horns, native to southwestern and East Africa. [Oryx gazella, family Bovidae. See also oryx . ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via Afrikaans from Dutch, literally ‘chamois, ’ from gems ‘chamois ’ + bok ‘buck. ’
Oxford Dictionary
gemsbok
gemsbok |ˈxɛmzbɒk, ˈxɛms -| ▶noun a large antelope that has a grey coat, distinctive black-and-white head markings, and long straight horns, native to SW and East Africa. ●Oryx gazella, family Bovidae. See also beisa . ORIGIN late 18th cent.: via Afrikaans from Dutch, literally ‘chamois ’, from gems ‘chamois ’ + bok ‘buck ’.
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