Kobus kob
- noun
- The Kobus kob is often seen grazing in the floodplains of southeast Africa.
Examples
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Wildlife photographers are attracted by the elegant shape of the Kobus kob's horns.
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A large group of Kobus kobs moved across the savanna at dusk.
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The Kobus kob grazes in the savannah.
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Have you ever seen a Kobus kob in the wild?
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A large group of Kobus kobs moved across the savanna at dusk.
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The Kobus kob is often seen grazing in the floodplains of southeast Africa.
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Wildlife photographers are attracted by the elegant shape of the Kobus kob's horns.
Synonyms
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A medium-sized African antelope like a deer with a brown coat and white belly
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a taxonomic binomial combining the genus 'Kobus' and the species name 'kob', and both constituents denote antelopes. A B1 learner who knows those constituent meanings can readily infer that 'Kobus kob' refers to a kind of antelope (even if they cannot infer detailed traits like color or horn shape), and such genus+species constructions are compositionally transparent across languages.
Etymology
Kobus kob may come from local African words for this antelope, and both parts, Kobus and kob, repeat the same name to show it is the 'kob'. Picture an orange-brown antelope with curved horns that lives in herds near water, and that image helps you remember the animal the name means today.