{ ||Spring"bok` (?), Spring"buck` (?) },
n. [D. springbok; springen to spring,
leap + bok a he-goat, buck.] (Zoöl.) A South
African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form
and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and
suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a
broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also
springer. [Written also springboc, and
springbock.]
{ ||Spring"bok` (?), Spring"buck` (?) },
n. [D. springbok; springen to spring,
leap + bok a he-goat, buck.] (Zoöl.) A South
African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form
and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and
suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a
broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also
springer. [Written also springboc, and
springbock.]