STEENBOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steenbok mean? 

• STEENBOK (noun)
  The noun STEENBOK has 1 sense:

1. small plains antelope of southeastern Africa

  Familiarity information: STEENBOK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEENBOK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Raphicerus campestris; steenbok; steinbok

Hypernyms ("steenbok" is a kind of...):

antelope (graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks)

Holonyms ("steenbok" is a member of...):

genus Raphicerus; Raphicerus (African antelopes: steenboks)