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gemsbok
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gemsbok has 1 sense
- gemsbok(n = noun.animal) gemsbuck, oryx gazella - large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks; Array is a kind of oryx, pasang
CIDE DICTIONARY
gemsbok, n. [D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck.].
A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis ), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns. [1913 Webster]
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