| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| blesbok |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bles·bok |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl s b k |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. blesbok or bles·boks
A South African antelope (Damaliscus albifrons) having curved horns and a large white mark on its face. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Afrikaans : bles, white mark on an animal's face (from Middle Dutch; see bhel-1 in Appendix I) + bok, buck (from Middle Dutch boc).
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