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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Springbok  \Spring"bok`\,  Springbuck  \Spring"buck`\,  n.  [D. 
  springbok;  springen  to  spring,  leap  +  bok  a  he-goat,  buck.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  South  African  gazelle  ({Gazella  euchore})  noted  for  its 
  graceful  form  and  swiftness,  and  for  its  peculiar  habit  of 
  springing  lighty  and  suddenly  into  the  air.  It  has  a  white 
  dorsal  stripe,  expanding  into  a  broad  patch  of  white  on  the 
  rump  and  tail.  Called  also  {springer}.  [Written  also 
  {springboc},  and  {springbock}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  springbuck 
  n  :  South  African  gazelle  noted  for  springing  lightly  into  the 
  air  [syn:  {springbok},  {Antidorcas  marsupialis},  {Antidorcas 
  euchore}] 




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