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Gemsbok

Definition: Gemsbok

Gemsbok

Noun

1. 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: Gemsbok

Synonym: gemsbuck (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Gemsbok

English words defined with "gemsbok": Kokama, KookoomLeucoryxPasanRoan antelope. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Gemsbok

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Books

  • Guide to the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (reference)

  • Kalahari : the kingdom of the gemsbok = königreich der gemsböcke (reference)

  • The Crowded Desert: The Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Gemsbok

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Expression: Gemsbok

Expression using "gemsbok": bastard gemsbok. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gemsbok

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gemsbok

48

gemsbok picture

2
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Modern Translations: Gemsbok

Language Translations for "gemsbok"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

güney afrika ceylanı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Gemsbok

Derivations

Words beginning with "gemsbok": gemsboks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Gemsbok" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gembo, Genboku. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gemsbok"

Words rhyming with "gemsbok" (pronounced 'Gems"bok'): Blaubok, Blesbok, Boshbok, Grysbok. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Gemsbok

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Gemsbok


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 6D 73 62 6F 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01101101 01110011 01100010 01101111 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#109 &#115 &#98 &#111 &#107

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

41717985688177

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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