rhebok

English

Alternative forms

reebok
rehboc, rheeboc (archaic, given as alternative forms in Webster 1913)

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans reebok (“rhebok”), from Dutch reebok (“roebuck”), from Middle Dutch reeboc. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.bɒk/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.bɑk/
(General South African) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.bɔk/

Noun

rhebok (plural rheboks)

A medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.

Synonyms

grey rhebok, grey rhebuck
peele (obsolete)

Translations

Pelea capreolus

Afrikaans: vaalribbok (af)
Dutch: reebokantilope
Finnish: kaurisantilooppi (fi), vuohiantilooppi

Italian: antilope capriolo f
Swedish: råbocksantilop c
Zulu: inxala

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