Blaubok
a bluish antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa, having backward curving horns: now extinct.
Historical Examples
Our Vanishing Wild Life William T. Hornaday
noun (pl) -boks, -bok
a large blue-haired antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus, of southern Africa: extinct since 1800 Also called blue buck
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