Etymology

kleenebok

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Today it means: A blue duiker, a small, active antelope of South Africa (Philantomba monticola). Full definition →

Dutch kleene bok
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  1. Dutch · borrowed fromkleene bok
  2. English todaykleenebok

Borrowed from Dutch kleene bok, obsolete form of kleine bok (“small buck, small antelope”).

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