bastard gemsbok

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English[edit]

Hippotragus equinus

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bastard gemsbok (plural bastard gemsboks)

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

References[edit]

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