Definition of Boshbok

1. n. A kind of antelope. See Bush buck.

Definition of Boshbok

1. Noun. A kind of antelope; the bush buck. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Boshbok

1. bushbuck [n -S] - See also: bushbuck

Medical Definition of Boshbok

1. A kind of antelope. See Bush buck. Origin: D. Bosch wood + bok buck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boshbok

bosc
boscage
boscages
bosch yaws
boschbok
boschboks
bosche
bosches
boschvark
boschvarks
bose
bosenova
bosentan
bosey
bosh
boshbok (current term)
boshboks
boshes
boshta
boshter
boshvark
boshvarks
bosie
bosie ball
bosintang
bosk
boskage
boskages
bosker
bosket

Literary usage of Boshbok

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1834)
"The boshbok, or bush-goat, as its colonial name implies. resides in the woods, ... The boshbok (A. sylvatica, Sparrman) is a much smaller animal than the ..."

2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1848)
"... appears to be a link between the Koodoo and boshbok, uniting in itself the markings and characteristic features of both these animals. ..."

3. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1874)
"... when the gloom is speckled o'er With kraal fires ; when the Cadre wends home through the lone karroo ; When the boshbok in the thicket sleeps, ..."

4. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1872)
"... when the gloom is speckled o'er With kraal fires ; when the Caffre wends home through the lone karroo ; When the boshbok in the thicket sleeps, ..."

5. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1882)
"... when the gloom is speckled o'er With kraal fires; when the Caffre wends home through the lone karroo; When the boshbok in the thicket sleeps, ..."

6. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and by John Clark Ridpath (1899)
"... home through the lone karroo, When the boshbok in the thicket sleeps, and by the stream the gnu. Then bend your gaze across the waste :—what see ye ? ..."

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