grysbok

[ grahys-bok, greys- ]

noun

1. either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei Sharpe's grysbok, having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.

grysbok

/ ˈɡraɪsˌbɒk /

noun

1. either of two small antelopes, Raphicerus melanotis or R. sharpei, of central and southern Africa, having small straight horns

Word History and Origins

Origin of grysbok¹

1780–90; < Afrikaans, equivalent to grys gray (< Dutch grijs; griseous ) + bok buck ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of grysbok¹

C18: Afrikaans, from Dutch grijs grey + bok buck ¹

Example Sentences

“They might as well have been ‘grysbok,’ or ‘steinbok,’ or ‘rooye rheebok,’ for the matter of colour.

From Project Gutenberg

I have not seen the grysbok, or the suni, or the dibitag, or the lechwi, or the aoul, or the gerenuk, or the blaauwbok, or the chevrotain, or lots of others, but who in the world could guess what they were or what they looked like, judging only from the names?

From Project Gutenberg