Meanings
nounguib (plural guibs)
plural guibs · alternative guiba
- The harnessed antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), a West African antelope marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground;.
The guib is of the mean dimensions, or four feet and a half in total length, and two and a half high at the shoulders, but rather higher at the croup.
1835, Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history
Synonyms & antonyms
nounantelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns
Similar
bushbuckTragelaphus scriptus
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APA
guib. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guib
MLA
“guib.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guib. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guib,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guib.
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