roodebok

noun

roo·​de·​bok

ˈrüdəˌbäk

plural roodebok or roodeboks

1

: impala

2

: a reddish duikerbok (Cephalophus patalensis)

Word History

Etymology

Afrikaans rooibok (previously spelled roodebok), from rooi red (from Middle Dutch root, rood) + bok male goat, male antelope, from Middle Dutch boc male goat; akin to Old English rēad red and to Old English buc, bucca male goat

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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