kob

kob |käb, kōb kɑb | ▶noun ( pl. same ) an antelope with a reddish coat and lyre-shaped horns, found on the savannas of southern Africa. [Kobus kob, family Bovidae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Wolof kooba.

kob

kob 2 |kɒb |(also cob ) ▶noun ( pl. same ) S. African a fish of the drum family, especially the kabeljou. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: abbreviation of kabeljou, with anglicization of the vowel .

kob

kob 1 |kɒb | ▶noun ( pl. same ) an antelope with a reddish coat and lyre-shaped horns, found on the savannah of southern Africa. ●Kobus kob, family Bovidae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Wolof kooba.

kob

kob 2 |kɒb |(also cob ) ▶noun ( pl. same ) S. African a fish of the drum family, especially the kabeljou. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: abbreviation of kabeljou, with anglicization of the vowel .