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Gemsbok (gcide) | Gemsbok \Gems"bok\, n. [D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck
of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck.]
(Zool.)
A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long,
sharp, nearly straight horns.
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gemsbok (wn) | gemsbok
n 1: large South African oryx with a broad black band along its
flanks [syn: gemsbok, gemsbuck, Oryx gazella] |
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bastard gemsbok (gcide) | Roan \Roan\ (r[=o]n), a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It.
rovano, roano.]
1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray
or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
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Give my roan a drench. --Shak.
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2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
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Roan antelope (Zool.), a very large South African antelope
(Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a
stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, {equine
antelope}, and bastard gemsbok.
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gemsbok (wn) | gemsbok
n 1: large South African oryx with a broad black band along its
flanks [syn: gemsbok, gemsbuck, Oryx gazella] |
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