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- noun Plural form of
gemsbok .
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Examples
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The exceptions are the gemsboks, which move out of the riverbeds into the desert for extended periods.
Kaokoveld desert 2008
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Types and Severity of Threats On an ecoregion scale, many species such as springboks, leopards and gemsboks have not suffered significant range reductions, and the distributions of smaller mammals have changed little during recorded history.
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The livestock have overgrazed the understory plant growth and fallen Acacia seedpods of the riverbed and are competing for food with wild animals, such as gemsboks.
Namib desert 2008
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We are inviting the people of our two lands and of the world to visit our shared natural heritage and to get to know at firsthand how the famed Kgalagadi gemsboks, lions and many other species of this wilderness survive in what many would classify as a very harsh environment.
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We are inviting the people of our two lands and of the world to visit our shared natural heritage and to get to know at firsthand how the famed Kgalagadi gemsboks, lions and many other species of this wilderness survive in what many would classify as a ver
Address at the launch of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 2000
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On my way home I come across Pater-son's after-rider, "jaging" a troop of gemsboks, but fearfully to leeward, his illustrious master being nowhere in sight.
Forest & Frontiers 1867
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The presence of his favourite prey, -- the quaggas, the gemsboks, and the elands, -- were sure indications that the king of beasts was not far off.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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The presence of his favourite prey, -- the quaggas, the gemsboks, and the elands, -- were sure indications that the king of beasts was not far off.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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We saw herds of animals in the distance -- gemsboks, steinboks, gnus, and cameleopards -- but they were too far off to enable me to get a shot at any of them.
In the Wilds of Africa William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Timbo told us that the gemsboks were generally seen in small herds.
In the Wilds of Africa William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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