| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bontebok |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bon·te·bok |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b n t -bk |
| NOUN: | A rare South African antelope (Damaliscus dorcas or D. pygargus) having a dark reddish coat, a white rump, and a white mark on the face. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Afrikaans : bont, spotted (from Middle Dutch, probably from Latin p nctus; see point) + bok, buck (from Middle Dutch boc).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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