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STEINBOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does steinbok mean?
• STEINBOK (noun)
The noun STEINBOK has 1 sense:
1. small plains antelope of southeastern Africa
Familiarity information: STEINBOK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Raphicerus campestris; steenbok; steinbok
Hypernyms ("steinbok" is a kind of...):
antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)
Holonyms ("steinbok" is a member of...):
genus Raphicerus; Raphicerus (African antelopes: steenboks)
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