Found 2 items, similar to steinbok.
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Definition: steinbok
steinbok
n : small plains antelope of southeastern Africa [syn:
steenbok,
Raphicerus campestris]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: steinbok
Steinbock
\Stein"bock`\, n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok.
Cf.
Steenbok.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European ibex.
(b) A small South African antelope (
Nanotragus tragulus)
which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also
steenbok. [Written also
steinboc, and
steinbok;
also called
stonebock, and
stonebuck.]
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Ibex
\I"bex\ ([imac]"b[e^]ks), n.; pl. E.
Ibexes
([imac]"b[e^]ks*[e^]z), L.
Ibices ([imac]b"[i^]*s[=e]z).
[L., a kind of goat, the chamois.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of wild goats having very large,
recurved horns, transversely ridged in front; -- called also
steinbok.
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Note: The Alpine ibex (
Capra ibex) is the best known. The
Spanish, or Pyrenean, ibex (
Capra Hispanica) has
smoother and more spreading horns.
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