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boshbok

boshbok is the archaic spelling of bushbuck.

Meaning of bushbuck

Noun

bushbuck (plural bushbucks or bushbuck)

  1. Either of two species of antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus or Tragelaphus sylvaticus, considered by some sources to be the single species Tragelaphus scriptus) found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  2. (informal) Any relatives of the above that share the same habitat.

Origin of boshbok

From Dutch bosch (“wood”) + bok (“buck”).

Questions about boshbok

What is boshbok the archaic spelling of?
Boshbok is the archaic spelling of bushbuck.

Words near boshbok in the dictionary

  1. Bosha
  2. Bosham
  3. Boshart
  4. Bosharts
  5. Boshas
  6. boshbok
  7. Boshears
  8. Boshearses
  9. boshed
  10. Boshell
  11. Boshells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boshbok (page history and authors); bushbuck (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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