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  • noun A large, deerlike South African antelope, Pelea capreolus, having pale-gray, curly fur and straight horns.

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Examples

  • They decided that the rhebok, a speedy African antelope, was the perfect inspiration for their company.

    How Your Favorite Sneakers Got Their Names 2009

  • Large populations of several antelopes are present and include an estimated population of 1,500-2,000 of the endemic grey rhebok Pelea capreolus, 1,000 reedbuck Redunca arundinum, and approximately 2,000 eland Taurotragus oryx; also bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus, blue duiker Cephalophus monticola, klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus and oribi Ourebia ourebi.

    UKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, South Africa 2008

  • We were after rhebok, the dun kind, and I recollected how we had followed one beast, and both he and I had clean lost it.

    The Thirty-Nine Steps 2005

  • Also there were droves of smaller game — rhebok and springbok and duikers — which brushed past at full gallop without even noticing me.

    Prester John 2005

  • We were after rhebok, the dun kind, and I recollected how we had followed one beast, and both he and I had clean lost it.

    Various Parties converging on the Sea 1915

  • We were after rhebok, the dun kind, and I recollected how we had followed one beast, and both he and I had clean lost it.

    The Thirty-Nine Steps 1915

  • Also there were droves of smaller game -- rhebok and springbok and duikers -- which brushed past at full gallop without even noticing me.

    Prester John John Buchan 1907

  • We were after rhebok, the dun kind, and I recollected how we had followed one beast, and both he and I had clean lost it.

    The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan 1907

  • Often species such as buffalo, elephant, eland, kudu, vaal rhebok, mountain reedbuck and many others do require a good deal of walking, and hunters should prepare for this.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • Some of the largest populations of ungulates in southern Africa are found within the ecoregion, including eland (Taurotragus oryx), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) and a small population of oribi (Ourebia ourebi).

    Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests 2008

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