kob

[ kob, kohb ]

noun

1. an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.

kob

/ kɒb /

noun

1. any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks

Word History and Origins

Origin of kob¹

1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba

Word History and Origins

Origin of kob¹

C20: from a Niger-Congo language; compare Wolof koba, Fulani kōba

Example Sentences

Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.

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Sarcobasis, sr-kob′a-sis, n. a fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells.

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You will often see little boys and girls running down steps and paved streets on these dangerous kob kobs.

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(Euripides i, 86) suggesting that the Wooden Horse was a sar-kob.

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That the tzeiran, koba, and kob, are varieties of another: 3.

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