blaubok

[ blou-bok ]

noun

, plural blau·boks, (especially collectively) blau·bok.

1. a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct.

blaubok

/ ˈblaʊˌbɒk /

noun

1. a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus , of southern Africa: extinct since 1800 Also calledblue buck

Word History and Origins

Origin of blaubok¹

< Afrikaans < Dutch blauwbok, equivalent to blauw blue + bok buck ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of blaubok¹

C18: via Afrikaans from Dutch blauwbok

Example Sentences

The quagga and the blaubok became extinct before the world learned that their existence was threatened!

From Project Gutenberg

—The first of the African antelopes to become extinct in modern times was a species of large size, closely related to the roan antelope of to-day, and named by the early Dutch settlers of Cape Colony the blaubok, which means "blue-buck."

From Project Gutenberg