4 definitions found for gemsbok

Gemsbok GEMS'BOK, n. The name given to a variety of the antelope.

gemsbok n 1: large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks [syn: gemsbok, gemsbuck, Oryx gazella]

gemsbok noun Etymology: Afrikaans, from German Gemsbock male chamois, from Gems chamois + Bock male goat Date: 1777 a large and strikingly marked oryx (Oryx gazella) formerly abundant in southern Africa

Gemsbok Gems"bok, n. [D.; akin to G. gemsbock the male or buck of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps + bock buck.] (Zo["o]l.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns.