guib

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English

Alternative forms

Noun

guib (plural guibs)

  1. A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground; the harnessed antelope(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.).
    • 1835, Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history:
      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.

Italian

Noun

guib m (uncountable)

  1. (any of various antelopes with vertical white stripes on the back)
  2. bushbuck, guib, harnessed bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
  3. kéwel
    Synonym: tragelafo striato

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

guib m

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of gob
  2. plural of gob
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