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kob

kob

1 9.9
A medium-sized African antelope like a deer with a brown coat and white belly
  • noun
  • /koʊb/
  • South African
: kob
  • According to the key informants, human-lion conflicts increase in the wet season (June to November), when the plains are flooded and most of the white-eared kob (Kobus kob), an important prey item for lions, migrate to South Sudan.
  • eared kob
  • white-eared kob
  • 800,000 kobs

Examples

  • The kob is known for its striking orange-brown coat and graceful movements.

  • KOR did not directly organize the Solidarity Trade Union; Michnik and the other members of KOB initially opposed the demand for free.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Bob Kobs

    Blog text (28)

  • Although rare among large mammals, lek mating systems have been found among the Uganda kob and several other African antelopes.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Zoologist Andrew Balmford has shown that among Uganda kob, whose males defend tiny, clustered territories like those of fallow deer, females prefer to mate on particular territories and will return to the same territory even if its resident male has been replaced by another.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The herd of kob grazed peacefully in the golden grasslands of South Africa.

  • During our safari, we spotted a group of kob near the watering hole.

Synonyms

Kobus kob
vskob
9.9

A medium orange-brown antelope with curved horns that lives in herds in southeast Africa

focuses on medium size and white underparts rather than horn shape or social traits

Compounds

Kobus kob
9.9

A medium orange-brown antelope with curved horns that lives in herds in southeast Africa

Surface Forms

kob singular
kobs plural

Etymology

Kob comes from a local African name for the animal that scientists later used as the name Kobus, and English then borrowed it. So kob still means the medium-sized southeast African antelope with the orange-brown coat and white underparts.