Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
blauwbok .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The blue buck. See Blue buck, under
blue .
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- noun zoology The blue buck.
Etymologies
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Dutch.
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Examples
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Dutch settlers of Cape Colony the blaubok, which means "blue-buck."
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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The quagga and the blaubok became _extinct_ before the world learned that their existence was threatened!
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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