noun
- A small antelope native to South Africa, having a bluish-gray coat and straight horns.
Usage: Also called blue buck or blaubok.; The species is extinct in the wild.
Examples
- The blauboks was once common in the grasslands of South Africa.
- Hunters in the 19th century drove the blauboks to extinction.
- Museum specimens of the blauboks are rare and valuable to researchers.
- The blauboks had distinctive curved horns and a silvery-blue coat.
- Conservation efforts focus on studying preserved blauboks remains to understand the species better.