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Definition of Blaubok
1. n. The blue buck. See Blue buck, under Blue.
Definition of Blaubok
1. Noun. (zoology) The blue buck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blaubok
1. an extinct antelope [n -S]
Medical Definition of Blaubok
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blaubok
Literary usage of Blaubok
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"THE blaubok, (Hippotragus leucophaeus).—The first of the African antelopes to
become extinct in modern times was a species of large size, closely related to ..."
2. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The blaubok is about four feet in height, and the horns are nearly thirty inches
in length. ALTHOUGH the blau-bok is a truly handsome example of the ..."
3. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"... blaubok—was a bluish-grey in colour and more uniform in tint with longer hair
and in some respects more suggestive of the Cobus antelopes. ..."
4. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"South of the Orange River this group of antelopes was formerly represented by
the much smaller blaubok, or blue antelope (H. ..."
5. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"Although other mammals, such as the quagga (Equus quagga), Burchell's
rhinoceros (Rhinoceros simus), and the blaubok (Hippotragus ..."
6. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"THE blaubok, (Hippotragus leucophaeus).—The first of the African antelopes to
become extinct in modern times was a species of large size, closely related to ..."
7. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"The blaubok is about four feet in height, and the horns are nearly thirty inches
in length. ALTHOUGH the blau-bok is a truly handsome example of the ..."
8. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"... blaubok—was a bluish-grey in colour and more uniform in tint with longer hair
and in some respects more suggestive of the Cobus antelopes. ..."
9. Records of Big Game: With Their Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions by Rowland Ward (1899)
"South of the Orange River this group of antelopes was formerly represented by
the much smaller blaubok, or blue antelope (H. ..."
10. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"Although other mammals, such as the quagga (Equus quagga), Burchell's
rhinoceros (Rhinoceros simus), and the blaubok (Hippotragus ..."
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