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kob

(kŏb, kōb)

An orange-brown African antelope (Kobus kob) whose habitat extends from Senegal eastward to Ethiopia, having lyre-shaped horns in the male.

[Wolof.]

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kob

(kɒb)

(Animals) any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks

[C20: from a Niger-Congo language; compare Wolof koba, Fulani kōba]

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kob - an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa

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waterbuck - any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and rivers

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BOXING By MARK STANIFORTH NICOLA ADAMS became the first British boxer to win two Olympic medals in 56 years when she beat Tetyana Kob to advance to the semi-finals of the women's flyweight division in Rio.

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Adams, who was handed a bye in the first round, admitted she was suffering from ring rust as she achieved a unanimous points win over Ukraine's Tetyana Kob.

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