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Meaning of STEINBOCK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stein"bock`\, n. [G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok.
Cf. {Steenbok}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European ibex.
(b) A small South African antelope ({Nanotragus tragulus})
    which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also
    {steenbok}. [Written also {steinboc}, and steinbok; also
    called {stonebock}, and {stonebuck}.]
 
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