noun.
A genus of African antelopes of the family Bovidæ, subfamily Antilopinæ, forming part of a small group sometimes named Cervicaprinæ; the water-bucks. It includes a number of water-antelopes called kobs. Cervicapra is a synonym.
noun.
[lowercase] An antelope of the genus Kobus; a kob.
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noun.
African antelopes: waterbucks
Word Usage
"A chance hybrid, combining the best from its parent plants, M. kobus and M. stellata 'Rosea', it will flower profusely, even on young plants."