springbok

3 definitions found

springbok - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Springbok \Spring"bok`\ (-b[o^]k`), Springbuck \Spring"buck`\
     (-b[u^]k`), n. [D. springbok; springen to spring, leap + bok
     a he-goat, buck.] (Zool.)
     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. [Written also
     springboc, and springbock.]
     [1913 Webster]

springbok - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  springbok
      n 1: a South African gazelle noted for springing lightly into
           the air [syn: springbok, springbuck, Antidorcas marsupialis
           , Antidorcas euchore]

springbok - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "springbok":
     Cape elk, Virginia deer, antelope, buck, camel, camelopard,
     caribou, deer, deerlet, doe, dromedary, eland, elk, fallow deer,
     fawn, gazelle, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, hind, kaama, moose,
     mule deer, musk deer, okapi, red deer, reindeer, roe, roe deer,
     roebuck, stag, wildebeest