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KOBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kobus mean?
• KOBUS (noun)
The noun KOBUS has 1 sense:
1. African antelopes: waterbucks
Familiarity information: KOBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
African antelopes: waterbucks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Kobus; Kobus
Hypernyms ("Kobus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Kobus"):
waterbuck (any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers)
Holonyms ("Kobus" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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