Kob

//kɒb// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An African antelope closely related to the lechwe and the waterbuck, Kobus kob.
  2. 2
    Any of several large game fish of the family Sciaenidae, especially the kabeljou (dusky kob or great kob or perhaps the smaller squaretail kob.
  3. 3
    an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The station code of Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong.

Synonyms

All synonyms
kobus kob

Etymology

Etymology 1

Probably from Kanuri kob (“antelope”) or another related Central Sudanic form.

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans kob, from Dutch kobbe (“fish, goby, lumpfish”).

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