bastard gemsbok

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English

Hippotragus equinus

Etymology

A calque of Afrikaans bastergemsbok, itself based on similarities between the animal and the gemsbok.

Noun

bastard gemsbok (plural bastard gemsboks)

  1. roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), native to savannas of the central latitudes of Africa.

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