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GEMSBUCK (gembucks)
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Irregular inflected form: gembucks
Dictionary entry overview: What does gemsbuck mean?
• GEMSBUCK (noun)
The noun GEMSBUCK has 1 sense:
1. large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
Familiarity information: GEMSBUCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
gemsbok; gemsbuck; Oryx gazella
Hypernyms ("gemsbuck" is a kind of...):
oryx; pasang (large African antelope with long straight nearly upright horns)
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