English Explanatory Dictionary

bastard gemsbok

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), native to savannas of the central latitudes of Africa.

Word forms

bastard gemsbok bastard gemsboks

Etymology

A calque of Afrikaans bastergemsbok, itself based on similarities between the animal and the gemsbok.

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