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Definition: Gemsbok |
GemsbokNoun1. Large South African oryx with a broad black band along its flanks. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Gemsbok \Gems"bok\, noun. [D.; akin to German gemsbock the male or buck of the chamois; gemse chamois, goat of the Alps bock buck.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: GemsbokSynonym: gemsbuck (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gemsbok |
| English words defined with "gemsbok": Kokama, Kookoom ♦ Leucoryx ♦ Pasan ♦ Roan antelope. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "gemsbok": bastard gemsbok. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gemsbok | 48 |
gemsbok picture | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "gemsbok"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Turkish | güney afrika ceylanı. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gemsbok": gemsboks. (additional references) | |
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"Gemsbok" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gembo, Genboku. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gemsbok" (pronounced 'Gems"bok'): Blaubok, Blesbok, Boshbok, Grysbok. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-k-m-o-s" | |
-1 letter: embosk. | |
-2 letters: besom, mokes, smoke. | |
-3 letters: begs, bogs, bosk, egos, gems, gobs, goes, kegs, kobs, megs, mobs, mogs, moke, mosk, obes, okes, sego, skeg, smog, soke, some. | |
-4 letters: beg, bog, bos, ego, ems, gem, gob, gos, keg, kob, kos, meg, mob, mog, mos, obe, oes, oke, oms, ose, seg, sob, som. | |
-5 letters: be, bo, em, es, go, me, mo, oe, om, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-k-m-o-s" | |
+1 letter: gemsboks. | |
+2 letters: besmoking, embosking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6D 73 62 6F 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. . -- ... -... --- -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101101 01110011 01100010 01101111 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e m s b o k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006D 0073 0062 006F 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41717985688177 |
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