Steenbok

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steenbok \Steen"bok`\ (-b[o^]k`), n. [D. steen stone + bok
     buck.] (Zool.)
     Same as {Steinbock}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Steinbock \Stein"bock`\, n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok.
     Cf. {Steenbok}.] (Zool.)
     (a) The European ibex.
     (b) A small South African antelope ({Nanotragus tragulus})
         which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also
         {steenbok}. [Written also {steinboc}, and {steinbok};
         also called {stonebock}, and {stonebuck}.]
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steenbok
       n : small plains antelope of southeastern Africa [syn: {steinbok},
            {Raphicerus campestris}]