Springbok

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small brown and white gazelle (Antidorcas marsupialis) of southern Africa, noted for its habit of repeatedly leaping high into the air when startled.
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  • n. A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A South African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lightly and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also springer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A beautiful gazel, Gazella euchore, so called by the Dutch colonists of South Africa, where it abounds, from its agility in springing upward when alarmed or as it scours the plain in escaping from its pursuers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into the air
    • Equivalent
    springbuck   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gazelle   
    Variant
    springer    springboc    springbock   
    Form
    springbuck    Springbok   
    Same Context
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