rhebok

English edit

Alternative forms edit

reebok, rhebuck
rehboc, rheeboc (archaic, given as alternative forms in Webster 1913)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Afrikaans reebok (“rhebok”), from Dutch reebok (“roebuck”), from Middle Dutch reeboc. Doublet of roebuck.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Why the rh? Mere analogy with Greek roots?

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.bɒk/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.bɑk/
(General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.bɔk/

Noun edit

A rhebok

rhebok (plural rheboks)

A medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.

Synonyms edit

grey rhebok, grey rhebuck
peele (obsolete)

Translations edit

Pelea capreolus

Afrikaans: vaalribbok (af)
Dutch: reebokantilope (nl)
Finnish: kaurisantilooppi (fi), vuohiantilooppi
Italian: antilope capriolo f
Swedish: råbocksantilop c
Zulu: inxala