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rhebok

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɹiː.bɒk/ (UK)
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/ˈɹiː.bɒk/ (UK) · /ˈɹiː.bɑk/ (US) · /ˈriː.bɔk/

Definition of rhebok

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A medium-sized, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.
    “There are also a whole lot of compounds that use 'bok': rhebok, bontebok, blesbok, gemsbok, rietbok, grysbok, bloubok ...”
    “The name of the South African antelope, the rhebok, derives from Dutch reebok, and can be written reebok.”
    “The pronunciation and spelling over the years have changed through roe, rabock, reebok, raybuck to rhebok in English and 'ribbok' in Afrikaans (Skead 1980).”

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Etymology

Earlier rabock, reebok, rhebuck, rheeboc, raybuck, rehboc, borrowed from Afrikaans reebok (“rhebok”), ribbok (“rhebok”), from Dutch reebok (“roebuck”), compound of ree + bok, from Middle Dutch reeboc. Unetymological h present since 1775 though the spelling and pronunciation has varied greatly over the years. Doublet of roebuck.

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