kob

American

[kob, kohb] / kɒb, koʊb /

noun

an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.

kob British

/ kɒb /

noun

any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks

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Etymology

Origin of kob

1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba

Example Sentences

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Cob, kob, n. a kind of composition of clay and straw for building.—n.

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Kob kob kob, It is I, the little owl, Nim be e zhau.

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From where I stood looking at them hartebeest, kob, waterbuck, and oribi were also all in sight.

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The cob, sometimes spelled kob, however, is only an antelope, although a graceful and handsome one.

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There are new bright red shoes, and old tattered shoes, and kob kobs, and black shoes, and sometimes yellow shoes.

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