steenbok
See also: Steenbok
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From Afrikaans steenbok, from Dutch steenbok.
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steenbok (plural steenboks or steenbok)
- A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.
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One of any species of small antelope
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steenbok (plural steenbokke)
- steenbok (antelope)
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- → English: steenbok
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Etymology edit
From steen (“stone”) + bok (“billy goat”). The sense Raphicerus campestris is attested from at least as early as 1787.
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steenbok m (plural steenbokken, diminutive steenbokje n)
- An ibex, rock goat (wild mountain goat)
- Synonym of steenbokantilope (“steenbok, Raphicerus campestris”)
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- steenbok on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl