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rhebok

UK/ˈɹiː.bɒk/US/ˈɹiː.bɑk/

rhebok noun: a medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.

rhebok: a medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and...
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Noun

rhebok (plural rheboks)

  1. A medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.
    • There are also a whole lot of compounds that use 'bok': rhebok, bontebok, blesbok, gemsbok, rietbok, grysbok, bloubok ...2011, Rajend Mesthrie, Eish, But is it English?, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN
    • The name of the South African antelope, the rhebok, derives from Dutch reebok, and can be written reebok.2011, Christopher Upward and George Davidson, The History of English Spelling, Wiley, →ISBN, page 274
    Synonyms:
    grey rhebok, grey rhebuck, peele

Synonyms of rhebok

  • grey rhebok
  • grey rhebuck
  • peele

Forms of rhebok

pluralrheboks
alternative formreebok
alternative formrhebuck
alternative formrehboc
alternative formrheeboc

Origin of rhebok

Earlier rabock, reebok, rhebuck, rheeboc, raybuck, rehboc, borrowed from Afrikaans reebok (“rhebok”), ribbok (“rhebok”), from Dutch reebok (“roebuck”), compound of ree + bok, from Middle Dutch reeboc. Unetymological h present since 1775 though the spelling and pronunciation has varied greatly over the years. Doublet of roebuck.

Questions about rhebok

What does rhebok mean?
Rhebok means a medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.
What part of speech is rhebok?
Rhebok is a noun.
How do you pronounce rhebok?
Rhebok is pronounced /ˈɹiː.bɒk/ (UK).
What is the plural of rhebok?
The plural of rhebok is rheboks.

Words near rhebok in the dictionary

  1. Rheault
  2. Rheaults
  3. Rheaume
  4. Rheaumes
  5. Rheban
  6. rhebok
  7. rheboks
  8. rhebuck
  9. rhebucks
  10. Rheda
  11. rhedarium

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