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- noun Plural form of
ourebi .
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Examples
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He told me that not only the ourebis but several other deer, if attracted in the same way by their suspicions or curiosity being aroused, can be thus shot.
Adventures in Africa By an African Trader William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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All the time I was watching the ourebis; which, no longer leaping about, remained quiet for some seconds, and then with slow and stately steps advanced towards the curious object.
Adventures in Africa By an African Trader William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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As we got nearer Harry pronounced them to be _ourebis_.
Adventures in Africa By an African Trader William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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